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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POTASSIUM | 14 | Fruit | 1300.0 | 46200.0 | 2.50 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROLINE | 0 | Fruit | not available | 590.0 | -0.94 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Fruit | 6000.0 | 70290.0 | -0.53 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PSI-CAROTENE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| QUERCETIN | 176 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| QUINIC-ACID | 1 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| RHOIFOLIN | 2 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| RIBOFLAVIN | 15 | Fruit | 0.0 | 5.0 | 0.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| RUBIDIUM | 0 | Fruit | 0.3 | 22.0 | 0.22 | ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980 |
| SABINENE | 5 | Leaf | not available | 45.0 | -0.23 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SABINENE | 5 | Pericarp | 13.0 | 26.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SALICYLATES | 7 | Fruit | 0.0 | 70.0 | -0.14 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SCOPOLETIN | 44 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| SELENIUM | 60 | Fruit | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.38 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SERINE | 1 | Fruit | 150.0 | 3100.0 | -0.19 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SESELIN | 3 | Root | not available | not available | not available | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| SESLIN | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| SESQUITERPENES | 0 | Pericarp | not available | 130.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SILICON | 4 | Fruit | not available | 2.0 | -0.60 | ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980 |
| SILVER | 3 | Fruit | 0.0 | 0.1 | -0.43 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| CNS-Stimulant | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Co-carcinogenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cold-preventive | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Coleoptophile | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Collagen-Sparing | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Collagenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Collyrium | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Colorant | 6 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Comedogenic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Comedolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| COMT-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Contraceptive | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Convulsant | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Copper-Antagonist | 1 | 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 |
| Copper-Chelator | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Coronary-Dilator | 1 | McKenna, D. J., Hughes, K., and Jones, K. 2000. Green Tea Monograph. Alternative Therapies, 6(3): 61-82. |
| Cosmetic | 4 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| COX-1-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| COX-2-Inhibitor | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |