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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.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
NADH-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
NADH-Ubiquinone-Oxidoreductase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Narcotic 2 Martindale's 29th
Natriuretic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Nematicide 4 Shoyakugaku Zasshi, 44: 183.
Neoplastic 1 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
NEP-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Neuroinhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Neuroprotective 3 Duke, 1992 *
Neurotoxic 3 R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R.
Neurotransmitter 2 Duke, 1992 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
NO-Genic 1 Duke, 1992 *
NO-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
NO-Synthase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Odontolytic 1 Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 5 Hagerman, A.E. Tannin-Protein Interactions. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.19.
Osmoregulator 1 Duke, 1992 *
Osteogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Osteolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *