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.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Moraceae |
| Genus: | Artocarpus |
| Species: | A. dadah
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| Binomial name | |
| Artocarpus dadah Miq., 1861
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Chemical composition
editThe chemical compounds oxyresveratrol, (+)-catechin, afzelechin-3-O-alpha-L-rhamnopyranoside, (−)-epiafzelechin, dihydromorin, epiafzelechin-(4beta→8)-epicatechin, dadahol A and dadahol B, resveratrol, steppogenin, moracin M, isogemichalcone B, gemichalcone B, norartocarpetin and engeletin can be found in A. dadah.[1]
References
edit- ^ Su, BN; Cuendet, M; Hawthorne, ME; Kardono, LB; Riswan, S; Fong, HH; Mehta, RG; Pezzuto, JM; Kinghorn, AD (2002). "Constituents of the bark and twigs of Artocarpus dadah with cyclooxygenase inhibitory activity". Journal of Natural Products. 65 (2): 163–9. doi:10.1021/np010451c. PMID 11858749.