''Artocarpus dadah'' is a tree species in the genus '' Artocarpus'' found in Myanmar to W. Malesia including Sumatra. It is of pacific origin and is a species of the Mulberry family, Moraceae.

Chemical composition

The chemical compounds

oxyresveratrol Oxyresveratrol is a stilbenoid. It is found in the heartwood of ''Artocarpus lakoocha'' and in the traditional drug 'Puag-Haad' made from it. It is also the aglycone of mulberroside A, a compound found in ''Morus alba ''Morus alba'', known as w ...

, (+)- catechin, afzelechin-3-O-alpha-L-rhamnopyranoside, (−)-

epiafzelechin Afzelechin is a flavan-3-ol, a type of flavonoid. It can be found in ''Bergenia ligulata'' ( ''Paashaanbhed'' in Ayurveda traditional Indian medicine). It exists as at least 2 major epimers (afzelechin and epi-afzelechin). Metabolism (2R,3S)-cate ...

dihydromorin Dihydromorin is a flavanonol, a type of flavonoid. It can be found in plants of the family Moraceae including ''Morus nigra'' (Black mulberry), in ''Morus alba'', '' Maclura pomifera'' (''Maclura aurantiaca'' or Osage-Orange), in the jackfruit ...

, epiafzelechin-(4beta→8)-epicatechin, dadahol A and dadahol B,

resveratrol Resveratrol (3,5,4′-trihydroxy-''trans''-stilbene) is a stilbenoid, a type of natural phenol, and a phytoalexin produced by several plants in response to injury or when the plant is under attack by pathogens, such as bacteria or fungi. Sources ...

, steppogenin,

moracin M Moracin M is a phosphodiesterase-4 inhibitor isolated from ''Morus alba''.Chen SK, ''et al.'"Moracin M from Morus alba L. is a natural phosphodiesterase-4 inhibitor."''Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters''. Retrieved 6 March 2015. References ...

, isogemichalcone B, gemichalcone B,

norartocarpetin Norartocarpetin is a flavone. It is found in '' Artocarpus dadah''. See also * Dihydromorin, the corresponding flavanonol. References Flavones {{aromatic-stub ...

and

engeletin Engeletin is a flavanonol rhamnoside, a phenolic compound found in wine and isolated from the bark of ''Hymenaea martiana''. See also * Phenolic compounds in wine The phenolic content in wine refers to the phenolic compounds—natural phenol a ...

can be found in ''A. dadah''.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q15241069 dadah Flora of Indo-China Flora of Malesia Plants described in 1861 Taxa named by Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel