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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POTASSIUM | 14 | Fruit | 1300.0 | 46200.0 | 2.50 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROLINE | 0 | Fruit | not available | 590.0 | -0.94 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Fruit | 6000.0 | 70290.0 | -0.53 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PSI-CAROTENE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| QUERCETIN | 176 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| QUINIC-ACID | 1 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| RHOIFOLIN | 2 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| RIBOFLAVIN | 15 | Fruit | 0.0 | 5.0 | 0.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| RUBIDIUM | 0 | Fruit | 0.3 | 22.0 | 0.22 | ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980 |
| SABINENE | 5 | Leaf | not available | 45.0 | -0.23 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SABINENE | 5 | Pericarp | 13.0 | 26.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SALICYLATES | 7 | Fruit | 0.0 | 70.0 | -0.14 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SCOPOLETIN | 44 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| SELENIUM | 60 | Fruit | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.38 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SERINE | 1 | Fruit | 150.0 | 3100.0 | -0.19 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SESELIN | 3 | Root | not available | not available | not available | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| SESLIN | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| SESQUITERPENES | 0 | Pericarp | not available | 130.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SILICON | 4 | Fruit | not available | 2.0 | -0.60 | ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980 |
| SILVER | 3 | Fruit | 0.0 | 0.1 | -0.43 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antinauseant | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antineoplastic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antinephritic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antinephrolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antineuralgic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antineuramidase | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antineurasthenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antineuritic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antineuropathic | 4 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antineurotic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| AntiNF-kB | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antinitrosaminic | 7 | Ki Soon Rhee. Oilseed Food Ingredients Used To Minimize Oxidative Flavor Deterioration in Meat Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.18. |
| Antinitrosic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antinociceptive | 4 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antinyctalopic | 2 | Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY. |
| Antiobesity | 8 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antionychyotic | 2 | Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp. |
| Antiophidic | 3 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363. |
| Antiophthalmic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiorchitic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |