Abstract Mulberry leaves are used in traditional Chinese medicine and contain numerous active substances that known to be beneficial for human health. The aim of this study was investigate the phenolic compositions antioxidant activities from 23 mulberry cultivars. Qualitative LC-ESI-QTOF analysis revealed presence 11 compounds free extracts 10 bound fractions. Chlorogenic acid caffeic were maj...

Improving mulberry leaf production with enhanced leaf quality holds the key to sustain the ever increasing demand for silk. Adoption of modern genomic approaches for crop improvement is severely constrained by the lack of sufficient molecular markers in mulberry. Here, we report development and validation of 206 EST derived SSR markers using transcriptome data generated from leaf tissue of a dr...

Mulberry fruit sclerotiniosis is a common soil-borne disease. We hypothesize that there is a relationship between the incidence of mulberry fruit sclerotiniosis and the soil fungal community. Therefore four mulberry genotypes with different resistance to sclerotiniosis were selected to study their soil fungal community under the same condition. A total of 6 phyla and 93 genera were identified f...

OBJECTIVES To establish whether blueberry (Vaccinium ashei) and mulberry (Morus australis Poir) juice, anthocyanin rich fruit juice, may help counteract obesity. DESIGN And Methods: Four-week-old C57BL/6 mice were fed a high-fat diet (HFD) with or without blueberry and mulberry juice for 12 weeks. Body weight, serum and hepatic lipids, liver and adipose tissues morphology, insulin and leptin ...

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are key mediators of mammalian cellular damage and are associated with diseases such as aging, arteriosclerosis, inflammation, rheumatoid arthritis and diabetes. Type 1 diabetes develops upon the destruction of pancreatic β-cells, which is partly due to ROS activity. In this study, we investigated the cytoprotective and anti-oxidative effects of fractionated mulber...

DNJ, an inhibitor of α-glucosidase, is used to suppress the elevation of postprandial hyperglycemia. In this study, we focus on screening an appropriate microorganism for performing fermentation to improve DNJ content in mulberry leaf. Results showed that Ganoderma lucidum was selected from 8 species and shown to be the most effective in improvement of DNJ production from mulberry leaves throug...

AIM To observe the influence of mulberry (Morus indica L. cv Suguna) leaves on lipid abnormalities in STZ-diabetic rats. MATERIALS AND METHODS Treatment with dried mulberry leaf powder for a period of 8 weeks in hyperglycemic and hyperlipidemic STZ-diabetic rats. RESULTS Mulberry leaves regulated fasting blood glucose, ameliorated the abnormalities in lipid profile as indicated by significa...

The growth and development of the silkworm, Bombyx mori cocoon crop are influenced by yield nutritional value mulberry leaf used as feed. It is true that there disparities in quality between genotypes, which explain variations silkworm rearing. present study genotypes S1635, S164, S13, Chinese White, Chak Majra, C4, G4, C2038, V1 K2 to estimate several biochemical components tender leaves. Lowr...

Man's dependence on plants for his existence dates back to the beginning of the human race. In the early days, he had only limited needs like food, shelter and clothing but with the advancement of civilization, his requirements also grew. The present day man depends heavily on a very large numbers of plants and animal produced to meet his daily needs. Traditional medicines are used by about 60%...

The present study was aimed to investigate the anti-diabetic effects of a low (0.25%) and a high (0.5%) dose of white mulberry leaf tea in a rat model of type 2 diabetes (T2D). Six week old male Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into four groups: Normal control (NC), Diabetic control (DBC), Diabetic mulberry tea low (DMTL, 0.25%) and Diabetic mulberry tea high (DMTH, 0.50%). T2D was induced by f...