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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
PROTEIN 0 Seed not available 250000.0 0.14 Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN 176 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-3'-GLUCOSIDE 2 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCITRIN 44 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RESORCINOL 17 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RESVERATROL 68 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Fruit 1.0 14.0 1.93 Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN 87 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN 87 Leaf 20000.0 60000.0 2.72 Duke, 1992 *
SARCOSINE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SCOPOLETIN 44 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SCOPOLIN 3 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SILICA(SIO2) 0 Leaf 18000.0 26000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SITOSTEROL 0 Root Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SITOSTEROL-ALPHA-GLUCOSIDE 0 Root Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SITOSTERYL-CAPRATE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SITOSTERYL-PALMITATE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM 1 Fruit 370.0 2467.0 0.05 Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM 1 Root Bark 251.0 520.0 0.40 Duke, 1992 *
SOLUBLE-SUGARS 0 Leaf 122000.0 288000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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 *