Plant Citrus paradisi (Rutaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Grapefruit

How this plant is used

Food

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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
ALUMINUM	5	Fruit	1.0	330.0	-0.13	Duke, 1992 *
APIGENIN-7-O-BETA-D-RUTINOSIDE	0	Leaf	not available	5.0	not available	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ARABAN	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE	14	Fruit	470.0	760.0	-0.95	Duke, 1992 *
ARSENIC	2	Fruit	0.0	4.4	5.10	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Fruit	337.0	3862.0	-0.04	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Fruit	3050.0	110000.0	1.38	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARAGINE	2	Fruit	not available	420.0	-0.65	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID	3	Fruit	810.0	4700.0	-0.72	Duke, 1992 *
BARIUM	0	Fruit	0.4	22.0	-0.17	Duke, 1992 *
BERGAMOTTIN	2	Pericarp	not available	not available	not available	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
BERGAPTOL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
BETA-BISABOLENE	6	Pericarp	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Fruit	0.0	5.0	-0.14	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE	0	Pericarp	not available	130.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-COPAENE	0	Pericarp	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CUBEBENE	0	Pericarp	not available	17.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-HUMULENE	0	Pericarp	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PHELLANDRENE	3	Pericarp	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE	13	Leaf	not available	55.0	-0.35	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
(+)-Inotropic	1	Bruneton, J. 1999. Pharmacognosy, Phytochemistry, Medicinal Plants. 2nd Ed. Lavoisier Publishing, Paris. 1119 pp.
11B-HSD-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	6	Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	5	Duke, 1992 *
Abortifacient	1	Duke, 1992 *
Acaricide	6	Duke, 1992 *
Acarifuge	1	Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor	5	Duke, 1992 *
Acetylcholinergic	1	Duke, 1992 *
AChE-Inhibitor	1	Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Acidulant	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Adenosine-Antagonist	1	McKenna, D. J., Hughes, K., and Jones, K. 2000. Green Tea Monograph. Alternative Therapies, 6(3): 61-82.
Adjuvant	1	Merck 11th Edition
Adrenergic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Aggregant	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	17	Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic	7	Duke, 1992 *
Allelopathic	5	Holappa, L.D., and Blum*, U. 1991. Effects of Exogenously Applied Ferulic Acid, a Potential Allelopathic Compound, on Leaf Growth, Water Utilization, and Endogenous Abscisic Acid Levels of Tomato, Cucumber, and Bean. J. of Chemical Ecology, 17(5): 865.
Allergenic	17	Duke, 1992 *