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Plant Morus alba (Moraceae)

Common Names
Sang-Pai-Pi; White Mulberry
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
OXYRESVERATROL 1 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-CRESOL 8 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PALMITOLEIC-ACID 2 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PECTIN 24 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PELARGONIDIN-3-GLUCOSIDE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PETUNIDIN-3-RUTINOSIDE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHENOL 26 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Fruit 320.0 3200.0 0.00 Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Leaf 2400.0 4500.0 -0.09 Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS(P2O3) 0 Leaf 6500.0 14000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
PHYTATE-PHOSPHORUS 0 Leaf 1183.0 2548.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
PICEATANNOL 8 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PIPECOLIC-ACID 2 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM 14 Fruit 1520.0 10133.0 -0.69 Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM 14 Root Bark 4180.0 5270.0 -0.88 Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM(K2O) 0 Leaf 20000.0 39200.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
PROLINE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROPIONIC-ACID 6 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Fruit 15000.0 120000.0 0.14 Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Leaf 140000.0 288000.0 0.76 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
Irritant 12 Duke, 1992 *
JNK-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Juvabional 6 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Keratitigenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Keratolytic 2 Martindale's 28th
Larvicide 2 Duke, 1992 *
Larvistat 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Laxative 5 Duke, 1992 *
Laxative? 2 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Sep-91.
Leptingenic 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Leukotriene-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Lipolytic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Lipotropic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 8 Oszmianski, J. and Lee, C.Y. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Phenolics on Carotene Bleaching in Vegetables. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38: 688-690.
Lithogenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Litholytic 2 Martindale's 29th
Lubricant 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Lyase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
MAO-A-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
MAO-Inhibitor 4 Duke, 1992 *