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Common Names
Grapefruit
How this plant is used
Food
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GERANIOL | 35 | Pericarp | not available | 2.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GERANIOL | 35 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GERANYL-ACETATE | 5 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952. |
| GERANYL-ACETATE | 5 | Leaf | not available | 10.0 | -1.02 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GERANYL-ACETATE | 5 | Pericarp | not available | 5.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GERANYL-OXY-PYRANOCOUMARIN | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| GERMACRENE-D | 2 | Pericarp | not available | 13.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLUCOSAN | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLUCOSE | 7 | Fruit | not available | 19500.0 | -0.69 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLUTAMIC-ACID | 8 | Fruit | 220.0 | 2800.0 | -0.81 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLYCINE | 12 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HEPTULOSE | 0 | Pericarp | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HESPERETIN | 8 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| HESPERIDIN | 31 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HEX-1-EN-3-OL | 0 | Pericarp | not available | 0.4 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HISTIDINE | 7 | Fruit | not available | 140.0 | -1.10 | Duke, 1992 * |
| HORDENENE | 0 | Fruit | not available | 0.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HUMULENE | 2 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HUMULENE | 2 | Pericarp | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| INTERMEDEOL | 0 | Pericarp | not available | not available | not available | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antihyperkinetic | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antihyperlipoproteinaemic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antihypertensive | 9 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihyperthyroid | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antihypoglycemic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antihypotensive | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiichythyotic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antiielus? | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiimplantation | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiimpotence | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiinfarctal | 1 | Soumyanath, A. Ed. 2006. Traditional Medicines for Modern Times - Antidiabetic Plants. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group. Boca Raton, FL. 314 pp. |
| Antiinfective | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiinfertility | 4 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiinflammatory | 34 | Shimizu,*M., et al. 1990. Anti-inflammatory Constituents of Topically Applied Crude Drugs. IV.1) Constituents and Anti-inflammatory Effect of Paraguayan Crude Drug 'Alhucema' (Lavandula latifolia Vill.)2). Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(8): 2283-2284, 1990. |
| Antiinsomniac | 4 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiinsomniac? | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiinsomnic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiischemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antikeratitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antikeshan | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |