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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
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Leaf 2000.0 3000.0 -0.17 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Fruit 7000.0 72000.0 0.40 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Leaf 80000.0 204000.0 1.50 Duke, 1992 *
ASPARAGIC-ACID 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ASTRAGALIN 7 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BENZALDEHYDE 24 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYRIN 9 Root Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Fruit 1.0 8.0 -0.14 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-ECDYSTERONE 2 Leaf not available 1.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-GAMMA-HEXENOL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-RESORCYLALDEHYDE 0 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Leaf not available 2000.0 0.00 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 4 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETULINIC-ACID 22 Bark not available 1800.0 -0.46 Jim Duke's personal files.
BETULINIC-ACID 22 Root Bark not available 150.0 -0.91 Jim Duke's personal files.
BIOTIN 4 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BUTYL-ALCOHOL 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BUTYLAMINE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Fruit 300.0 6400.0 0.59 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
Anticancer (Liver) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Lung) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Skin) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticanker 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticapillary-Fragility 1 Merck 7th Ed.
Anticarcinogenic 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Anticarcinomic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticarcinomic (Breast) 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Anticardiospasmic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticariogenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticarpal-Tunnel 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticataract 8 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticephalagic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Anticerebrotic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticervicaldysplasic 4 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiCFS 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticheilitic 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antichilblain 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticholinergic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antichoreic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.