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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
Antihemorrhoidal 2 Martindale's 28th
Antihepatitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihepatoadenomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatotoxic 9 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiherpetic 10 Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic? 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihistaminic 9 Duke, 1992 *
AntiHIV 6 Kashiwada, Y., et. al. 1998. Anti-AIDS Agents. 30. Anti-HIV Activity of Oleanolic Acid, Pomolic Acid, and Structurally Related Triterpenoids. J. Nat. Prod., 61 (9): 1090-1095.
Antihomocysteine 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihydrocoele 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihydrophobic 1 Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
Antihyperactivity 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antihyperammonemic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihypercholesterolemic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antihyperglycemic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihyperkeratotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperkinetic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihyperlipoproteinaemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihypertensive 9 Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperthyroid 2 Duke, 1992 *