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Plant Citrus paradisi (Rutaceae)

Common Names
Grapefruit
How this plant is used
Food

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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
ALUMINUM 5 Fruit 1.0 330.0 -0.13 Duke, 1992 *
APIGENIN-7-O-BETA-D-RUTINOSIDE 0 Leaf not available 5.0 not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ARABAN 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE 14 Fruit 470.0 760.0 -0.95 Duke, 1992 *
ARSENIC 2 Fruit 0.0 4.4 5.10 Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Fruit 337.0 3862.0 -0.04 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Fruit 3050.0 110000.0 1.38 Duke, 1992 *
ASPARAGINE 2 Fruit not available 420.0 -0.65 Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Fruit 810.0 4700.0 -0.72 Duke, 1992 *
BARIUM 0 Fruit 0.4 22.0 -0.17 Duke, 1992 *
BERGAMOTTIN 2 Pericarp not available not available not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
BERGAPTOL 0 Fruit not available not available not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
BETA-BISABOLENE 6 Pericarp not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Fruit 0.0 5.0 -0.14 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Pericarp not available 130.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-COPAENE 0 Pericarp not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CUBEBENE 0 Pericarp not available 17.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-HUMULENE 0 Pericarp not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PHELLANDRENE 3 Pericarp not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Leaf not available 55.0 -0.35 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antitumor (Gastric) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Liver) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung) 6 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Ovary) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Pancreas) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Prostate) 6 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Skin) 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Stomach) 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter 9 Cancer Research, 48: 5941.
Antitussive 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcer 20 Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcerogenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiuremic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiuricosuric 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
AntiUTI 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antivaccinia 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antivaginitic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antivaricose 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antivertigo 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral 23 Duke, 1992 *