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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 *
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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
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor 6 Constantinou, A., Mehta, R., Runyan, C., Rao, K., Vaughan, A., Moon, R. 1995. Flavonoids as DNA Topoisomerase Antagonists and Poisons: Structure-Activity Relationships. J Natural Products, 58: 217-225.
Tranquilizer 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Transdermal 2 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.
Trichomonicide 2 Martindale's 29th
Trichomonistat 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Trypsin-Enhancer 1 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-93.
Tumorigenic 2 Jim Duke's personal files.
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
Tyrosine-Kinase-Inhibitor 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170.
Ubiquiot 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ulcerogenic 3 HerbalGram No. 20, page 9.
Uricosuric 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Urinary-Acidulant 1 Martindale's 29th
Uterorelaxant 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Uterosedative 1 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.
Uterotrophic 1 Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 227.1999.
Varroacide 2 Duke, 1992 *
Vasodilator 12 Duke, 1992 *
Vasopressor 2 Duke, 1992 *
VEGF-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *