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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
Antieicosanoid 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antielastase 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiencephalitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiencephalopathic 3 Martindale's 29th
Antiendometriotic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antienteritic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antienterotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiepileptic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antierythemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiescherichic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiesophagitic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiestrogenic 3 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifatigue 5 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antifeedant 11 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Antifertility 2 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifibrinolytic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antifibromyalgic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrosarcomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrotic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiflu 4 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.