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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
MORACETIN 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MORACHALCONE-A 0 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MORIN 15 Wood 3000.0 4400.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
MORUSIN 0 Root Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MUCILAGE 3 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MULBERRANOL 0 Root Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MULBERRIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MULBERROCHROMENE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MULBERROFURAN-B 0 Root Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MULBERROFURAN-M 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MULBERROFURAN-N 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-BUTANOL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-BUTYRALDEHYDE 1 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN 39 Fruit 7.0 54.0 -0.09 Duke, 1992 *
NORARTOCARPANONE 0 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
O-CRESOL 6 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OXALIC-ACID 9 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OXYDIHYDROMORUSIN 0 Root Bark not available not available 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
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.