| cancer preventive effect of morinda citrifolia (noni). | morinda citrifolia (noni) has been extensively used in folk medicine by polynesians for over 2,000 years. it has been reported to have broad therapeutic effects, including anticancer activity, in both clinical practice and laboratory animal models. the mechanism for these effects remains unknown. the hypothesis that morinda citrifolia possesses a cancer preventive effect at the initiation stage of carcinogenesis was studied. our preliminary data indicated that 10% tahitian noni liquid dietary su ... | 2001 | 11795436 |
| from polynesian healers to health food stores: changing perspectives of morinda citrifolia (rubiaceae). | morinda citrifolia l (noni) is one of the most important traditional polynesian medicinal plants. remedies from isolated polynesian cultures, such as that of rotuma, illustrate traditional indications that focus upon leaves, roots, bark, and green fruit, primarily for topical ailments. anecdotally collected hawaiian remedies that employ noni fruit illustrate changing usage patterns with shifts in recent times to preparation of juice made of ripe or decaying fruit. ralph m. heinicke promoted a wi ... | 2002 | 14664736 |
| lipoxygenase inhibitory constituents of the fruits of noni (morinda citrifolia) collected in tahiti. | a phytochemical study of the fruits of noni (morinda citrifolia) collected in tahiti led to the isolation of two new lignans, (+)-3,4,3',4'-tetrahydroxy-9,7'alpha-epoxylignano-7 alpha,9'-lactone (1) and (+)-3,3'-bisdemethyltanegool (2), as well as seven known compounds, (-)-pinoresinol (3), (-)-3,3'-bisdemethylpinoresinol (4), quercetin (5), kaempferol (6), scopoletin (7), isoscopoletin (8), and vanillin. the structures of 1 and 2 were determined by spectroscopic techniques. compounds 3, 6, and ... | 2007 | 17378609 |