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

Common Names
Grapefruit
How this plant is used
Food
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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
MYRCENE 22 Fruit 72.0 190.0 -0.35 *
MYRCENE 22 Pericarp 77.0 185.0 *
N-DODECASANE 0 Fruit CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
N-DORIACONTANE 0 Fruit *
N-DOTRIACONTANE 0 Fruit CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
N-EICOSANE 0 Fruit CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
N-HENEICOSANE 0 Fruit CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
N-HENTRIACONTANE 3 Fruit CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
N-HEPTACOSANE 0 Fruit CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
N-HEXACOSANE 2 Fruit CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
N-METHYL-TYRAMINE 1 Fruit *
N-NONACOSANE 1 Fruit CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
N-NONYL-ALCOHOL 0 Fruit Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
N-OCTACOSANE 0 Fruit CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
N-OCTYL-ACETATE 0 Fruit Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
N-OCTYL-ALCOHOL 0 Fruit Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
N-PENTACOSANE 0 Fruit CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
N-PENTATRIACONTANE 0 Pericarp CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
N-TETRACOSANE 0 Fruit CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
N-TETRATRIACONTANE 0 Pericarp CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiketotic 2 Merck 11th Edition
AntiLegionella 1 *
Antileishmanic 4 *
Antilepric 2 Martindale's 28th
Antileukemic 10 *
Antileukonychic 1 *
Antileukoplakic 1 *
Antileukotriene 4 *
Antileukotriene-D4 3 *
Antileukotrienogenic 1 *
Antilipolytic 1 Kuppusamy, U.R., and Das, N.P. 1993. Antilipolytic Action of Hesperetin in Rat Adipocytes. Planta Medica, 59: 508.
Antilipoperoxidant 2 *
Antilithic 5 *
Antilithic? 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antilupus 1 Martindale's 28th
AntiLyme 5 *
Antilymphocytic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antilymphomic 3 *
Antimaculitic 6 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antimalarial 5 Khalid, S.A., Farouk, A., Geary**, T.G., and Jensen, J.B. 1985. Potential Antimalarial Candidates From African Plants: An In Vitro Approach Using Plasmodium falciparum*. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 15: 201-209, 1986.