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Plant Morus alba (Moraceae)

Common Names
Sang-Pai-Pi; White Mulberry
How this plant is used
Food
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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
2,4,4',6-TETRAHYDROXYBENZOPHENONE 0 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3,2',4'-TRIHYDROXYDIHYDROSTILBENE 0 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3,4'-DIHYDROXYDIHYDROSTILBENE 0 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
5,7-DIHYDROXYCHROMONE 4 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
6,3',5'-TRIHYDROXY-2-PHENYLBENZOFURAN 0 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
A-BETA-HEXENAL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ACETIC-ACID 16 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ACETONE 3 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ADENINE 11 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALBAFURAN-C 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALBANIN-F 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALBANIN-G 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALBANOL-A 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALBANOL-B 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-AMYRIN 10 Root Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-BETA-DIMONTANY-GLYCEROL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM(AL2O3) 0 Leaf 8000.0 18000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ARACHIDONIC-ACID 12 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ARSENIC 2 Root Bark not available 0.1 -0.60 Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Fruit 50.0 1040.0 -0.22 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Hypoglycemic 11 Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989.
Hypolipidemic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Hypotensive 20 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypotriglyceridemic 1 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Hypouricemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
ICAM-1-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
IKB-kinase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Ileorelaxant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Immunomodulator 6 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Immunostimulant 9 Duke, 1992 *
Immunosuppressant 2 Duke, 1992 *
iNOS-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Inotropic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Insecticide 3 Duke, 1992 *
Insectifuge 12 Tunon, H., Thorsell, W., and Bohlin, L. 1993. Mosquito Repelling Activity of Compounds Occurring in Achillea millefolium L. (Asteraceae). Economic Botany 48(2): 111-120, 1994.
Insectiphile 4 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Insulinogenic 4 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170.
Interferon-Synergist 1 Duke, 1992 *
Interferonogenic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Iodothyronine-Deiodinase-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.