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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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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
N-TRIACONTANE 0 Fruit CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
NARINGENIN 56 Fruit CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
NARINGENIN-7-BETA-(4-BETA-D-GLUCOSYL)-NEOHESPERIDOSIDE 0 Fruit CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
NARINGENIN-7-BETA-(4-BETA-D-GLUCOSYL)-RUTINOSIDE 0 Fruit CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
NARINGENIN-7-O-BETA-D-RUTINOSIDE 0 Fruit CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
NARINGENIN-RUTINOSIDE 0 Fruit *
NARINGIN 12 Fruit 245.0 195000.0 *
NARINGIN 12 Pericarp 2701.0 15595.0 *
NARINGIN 12 Seed 200.0 2677.0 *
NARINGIN-4-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Plant *
NARIRUTIN 1 Fruit CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
NEOHESPERIDIN 6 Fruit CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
NERAL 4 Fruit 0.0 210.0 0.21 *
NEROL 10 Pericarp 3.0 *
NERYL-ACETATE 5 Pericarp 0.4 *
NEUROSPORENE 0 Fruit CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
NIACIN 39 Fruit 2.0 44.0 -0.22 *
NICKEL 3 Fruit 0.0 7.7 1.56 *
NITROGEN 0 Fruit 990.0 16360.0 0.12 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
NOMILIN 2 Seed CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiperoxynitrite 1 *
Antipharyngitic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiphenylketonuric 2 Martindale's 29th
Antiphotophobic 2 Martindale's 29th
Antipityriasic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiplaque 4 *
Antiplasmodial 2 *
AntiPMS 6 *
Antipneumonic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipodriac 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipolio 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipoliomyelitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiporphyric 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiprogestational 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiprolactin 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiproliferant 9 *
Antiproliferative 1 *
Antiprostaglandin 6 *
Antiprostanoid 1 *
Antiprostatadenomic 1 Merck 11th Edition