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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
(+)-6-ISO-PROPENYL-4,8-ALPHA-DIMETHYL-4-ALPHA-(R)-5,6-(R)-7,8,8-ALPHA(R)-HEXAHYDRO-2-(1H)NAPTHALENONE 0 Fruit CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
(+)-8,9-DIDEHYDRO-ALPHA-VETIVONE 0 Fruit CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
(+)-8,9-DIDEHYDRO-NOOTKATONE 0 Fruit CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
(+)-ALPHA-CYPERONE 0 Fruit CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
(+)-ALPHA-VETIVONE 0 Fruit CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
(+)-NOOTKATONE 0 Plant *
(-)-10-EPI-ALPHA-CYPERONE 0 Fruit *
(E)-BETA-OCIMENE 0 Pericarp 8.0 *
(Z)-BETA-OCIMENE 0 Pericarp 1.0 *
1,10-DIHYDRO-ALPHA-VETIVONE 0 Fruit CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
1,8-P-MENTHADIEN-2-YL-ACETATE 0 Pericarp Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
1,8-P-MENTHADIEN-9-YL-ACETATE 0 Pericarp Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
10-EPI-ALPHA-CYPERONE 0 Fruit *
2-H-1:8(3-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL-OXY-2-HYDROXY-3-METHYL-BUTYL)-7-METHOXY-BENZOPYRAN-2-ONE 0 Plant *
24-METHYLENE-CYCLOARTENOL 0 Pericarp CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
24-METHYLENE-LOPHENOL 0 Fruit Epidermis CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
24-METHYLENE-LOPHENOL 0 Pericarp *
3',4',5,6,7,8-HEXAMETHOXYFLAVONE 1 Pericarp CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
3,7(11)-EUDESMADIEN-2-ONE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
3-HYDROXY-ETHYL-HEXANOATE 0 Fruit CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiviral? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antivitiligic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antixerophthalmic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiyeast 1 *
Anxiolytic 8 Merck 11th Edition
AP-1-Inhibitor 1 *
Aphidifuge 2 *
Aphrodisiac 1 *
Apoptotic 11 *
Aromatase-Inhibitor 2 Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 235.1999.
Arrhythmigenic 1 *
Artemicide 2 Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990.
Arteriodilator 1 Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Ascaricide 1 Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Asthma-preventive 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Astringent 2 *
Atherogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
ATPase-Inhibitor 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Bacteriostatic 1 Chin. J. Tuber. Respir. Dis.
Bacteristat 3 *