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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EO | 0 | Pericarp | 3700.0 | 10000.0 | -0.12 | Duke, 1992 * |
| EPI-ISO-OBACUNOIC-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 |
| ERIODICTYOL | 10 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| ESCULETIN | 30 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Fruit | 1000.0 | 19000.0 | -0.50 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FERULIC-ACID | 61 | Fruit | 25.0 | 35.0 | -0.57 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FERULIC-ACID | 61 | Pericarp | 25.0 | 160.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FERULOYL-PUTRESINE | 0 | Plant | 15.0 | 41.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER | 15 | Fruit | 2000.0 | 172000.0 | 0.29 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FLUORINE | 0 | Fruit | 0.0 | 0.9 | -0.45 | ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980 |
| FRIEDELIN | 2 | Pericarp | not available | not available | not available | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| FRUCTOSE | 8 | Plant | not available | 12400.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GALACTAN | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GALACTURONIC-ACID | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GAMMA-CADINENE | 0 | Pericarp | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GAMMA-CAROTENE | 2 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| GAMMA-TERPINENE | 11 | Pericarp | 0.4 | 1.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GERANIAL | 13 | Fruit | 420.0 | 700.0 | 1.03 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GERANIAL | 13 | Leaf | not available | 31.0 | -0.40 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GERANIAL | 13 | Pericarp | 4.0 | 700.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antisunburn | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antisyndrome-X | 6 | 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 |
| Antithiamin | 3 | Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 69. |
| Antithrombic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antithyreotropic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antithyroid | 1 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Antitic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antitinnitic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antitriglyceride | 3 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antitrypanosomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitubercular | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor | 21 | Zheng, G-Q., Kenney, P.M., and Lam, L.K.T. Sesquiterpenes From Clove (Eugenia caryophyllata) As Potential Anticarcinogenic Agents. Journal of Natural Products 55(7): 999-1003, 1992. |
| Antitumor (Bladder) | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (brain) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Breast) | 9 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Cervix) | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (CNS) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Colon) | 8 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Esophagus)? | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antitumor (Forestomach) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |