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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
STEARIC-ACID 8 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STIGMAST-5-EN-3-BETA-OL-7-ONE 0 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SUCCINIC-ACID 7 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SULFUR 14 Leaf 3000.0 5600.0 0.18 Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN 35 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TARTARIC-ACID 6 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TETRAHYDROXYSTILBENE 2 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN 31 Fruit 0.0 2.0 -0.43 Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-5-HYDROXY-L-PIPECOLIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-BETA-GAMMA-HEXANOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRIGONELLINE 15 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
UMBELLIFERONE 22 Root Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VALERALDEHYDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VALERIC-ACID 9 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
WATER 0 Fruit 850000.0 875000.0 0.45 Duke, 1992 *
XANTHOPHYLL 3 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ZINC 77 Root Bark 9.0 14.0 -1.13 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 *