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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
SINAPIC-ACID 9 Fruit 2.0 5.0 -1.41 Duke, 1992 *
SINAPIC-ACID 9 Pericarp 2.0 35.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM 1 Fruit 0.0 341.0 -0.15 Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Fruit 10.0 110.0 -0.27 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
STIGMASTEROL 12 Fruit not available 20.0 -0.90 Duke, 1992 *
STRONTIUM 0 Fruit 3.3 220.0 2.58 Duke, 1992 *
SUBAPHYLLIN 3 Fruit 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.
SUBAPHYLLIN 3 Leaf 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.
SUBEROSIN 0 Root not available not available not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
SUCROSE 14 Fruit not available 21400.0 -0.60 Duke, 1992 *
SUGARS 0 Fruit 33000.0 99600.0 -0.47 Duke, 1992 *
SULFUR 14 Fruit 7.0 2090.0 0.47 Duke, 1992 *
SYNEPHERINE 0 Fruit not available 0.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
TERPINEN-4-OL 23 Leaf not available 305.0 -0.17 Duke, 1992 *
TERPINEN-4-OL 23 Pericarp not available 3.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
TERPINOLENE 9 Leaf not available 28.0 -0.20 Duke, 1992 *
TERPINOLENE 9 Pericarp 1.0 11.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN 31 Fruit 0.0 6.0 0.09 Duke, 1992 *
THREONINE 4 Fruit not available 100.0 -1.21 Duke, 1992 *
TIN 4 Fruit 0.7 3.3 -0.36 Duke, 1992 *
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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
Cardioprotective 10 Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotonic 1 Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Cardiotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cardiovascular 1 Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Carminative 1 Duke, 1992 *
Caspase-3-Inducer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Caspase-8-Inducer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Catabolic 3 Abstract (See species file)
cGMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Chemopreventive 9 Duke, 1992 *
Cholagogue 3 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Choleretic 13 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Cholesterolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cholinergic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cicatrizant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Circulotonic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Clastogenic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Active 1 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
CNS-Depressant 3 Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
CNS-Paralytic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.