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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
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
Antiarabiflavinotic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiarachidonate 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarrhythmic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarteriosclerotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic 10 Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic 5 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiatherogenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiatheromic 1 Cerda, J.J. Pectin in Health and Disease. HortScience, 25(12): 1485, 1990.
Antiatherosclerotic 8 Duke, 1992 *
Antibackache 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial 25 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiberiberi 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiBPH 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antibronchoconstrictor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticalculic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer 9 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Breast) 1 Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Anticancer (Cervix) 2 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Anticancer (Colon) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Forestomach) 1 Duke, 1992 *