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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LINALOL | 0 | Pericarp | not available | 13.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALYL-ACETATE | 7 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952. |
| LINOLEIC-ACID | 27 | Fruit | 190.0 | 2090.0 | -0.33 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| LITHIUM | 11 | Fruit | 0.1 | 2.3 | 1.87 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LUTEIN | 15 | Fruit | 0.1 | 1.0 | -0.75 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LYCOPENE | 16 | Fruit | 30.0 | 336.0 | 0.05 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LYSINE | 4 | Fruit | 160.0 | 1760.0 | -0.61 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MAGNESIUM | 65 | Fruit | 15.0 | 3300.0 | 0.54 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MALIC-ACID | 15 | Fruit | 400.0 | 600.0 | -0.91 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MALONIC-ACID | 1 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MANGANESE | 14 | Fruit | 0.0 | 7.7 | -0.35 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MANNOSE | 3 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MARMIN | 2 | 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. |
| MERANZIN | 0 | Pericarp | not available | not available | not available | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| MERANZIN-HYDRATE | 0 | Pericarp | not available | not available | not available | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| MERCURY | 1 | Fruit | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.79 | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHIONINE | 15 | Fruit | 3.0 | 222.0 | -0.91 | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHYL-ANTHRALINATE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952. |
| MOLYBDENUM | 2 | Fruit | 0.1 | 0.8 | -0.33 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MONOTERPENES | 0 | Pericarp | not available | 130.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antiprostatitic | 8 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antiprostatotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antipruritic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Antipsoriac | 2 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antipsychotic | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antipyretic | 5 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antiradicular | 12 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| AntiRaynaud's | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiretardation | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antiretinitic Optometry | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiretinopathic | 1 | Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95 |
| Antiretinotic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antirheumatalgic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antirheumatic | 9 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antirheumatitic? | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antirhinitic | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antirhinoviral | 1 | Denyer, C.V., Jackson, P., Loakes, D.M., Ellis, M.R., and Yound, D.A.B. Isolation of Antirhinoviral Sesquiterpenes From Ginger (Zingiber officinale). Journal of Natural Products, 57(5): 658-662, 1994. |
| AntiRNA | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antisalmonella | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antischizophrenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |