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Plant Citrus paradisi (Rutaceae)

Common Names
Grapefruit
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
CYCLOEUCALENOL 3 Pericarp not available not available not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CYSTINE 2 Fruit not available 2.0 -1.07 Duke, 1992 *
D-CADINENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
D-LIMONENE 19 Fruit 3410.0 9575.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
D-LIMONENE 19 Plant not available 9000.0 2.00 Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
DEACETYL-NOMILIN 0 Seed not available not available not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
DEACETYL-NOMILINIC-ACID-17-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Seed not available not available not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
DECANAL 0 Pericarp not available 9.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DECANOL 2 Pericarp not available 3.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DECYL-ACETATE 1 Pericarp not available 0.4 not available Duke, 1992 *
DECYL-ALDEHYDE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
DECYLIC-ACID 0 Fruit not available not available not available Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
DELTA-3-CARENE 8 Pericarp not available 0.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-CADINENE 9 Pericarp not available 17.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DEOXY-LIMONOL 0 Seed not available 8.0 not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
DIHYDROKAEMPFEROL 0 Fruit not available not available not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
DODECANAL 2 Pericarp not available 0.7 not available Duke, 1992 *
ELEMENE 3 Pericarp not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Fruit 6000.0 10000.0 -0.63 Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Leaf not available 1800.0 -0.86 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
Antiperoxynitrite 1 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
Antiplasmodial 2 Duke, 1992 *
AntiPMS 6 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
Antiproliferative 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostaglandin 6 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostanoid 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatadenomic 1 Merck 11th Edition