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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
BETA-PINENE 13 Pericarp 0.7 2.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SINENSAL 0 Pericarp not available 0.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Fruit not available 130.0 -0.62 Duke, 1992 *
BISABOLENE 0 Pericarp not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BORON 4 Fruit 1.0 33.0 -0.14 Duke, 1992 *
BRAYLIN 0 Root not available not available not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
BROMINE 0 Fruit 1.0 not available not available ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
BYANGELICIN 0 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.
CADINENE 4 Pericarp not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CADMIUM 3 Fruit 0.0 0.1 -0.45 Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Fruit 40.0 51.0 -0.33 Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEINE 62 Flower not available 29.0 -1.32 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CALCIUM 28 Fruit 117.0 11000.0 1.65 Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTEROL 2 Fruit not available 20.0 -0.49 Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHENE 9 Pericarp not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Fruit 80800.0 948000.0 0.88 Duke, 1992 *
CARVEOL 1 Pericarp not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CARVYL-ACETATE 0 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.
CARYOPHYLLENE 31 Fruit not available not available not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CATECHOL 22 Plant not available not available not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
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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
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 Duke, 1992 *
Anxiolytic 8 Merck 11th Edition
AP-1-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Aphidifuge 2 Duke, 1992 *
Aphrodisiac 1 Duke, 1992 *
Apoptotic 11 Duke, 1992 *
Aromatase-Inhibitor 2 Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 235.1999.
Arrhythmigenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *