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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Citrus paradisi (Rutaceae)

Common Names
Grapefruit
How this plant is used
Food

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
CYCLOEUCALENOL 3 Pericarp CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CYSTINE 2 Fruit 2.0 -1.07 *
D-CADINENE 0 Plant *
D-LIMONENE 19 Fruit 3410.0 9575.0 *
D-LIMONENE 19 Plant 9000.0 2.00 Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
DEACETYL-NOMILIN 0 Seed CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
DEACETYL-NOMILINIC-ACID-17-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Seed CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
DECANAL 0 Pericarp 9.0 *
DECANOL 2 Pericarp 3.0 *
DECYL-ACETATE 1 Pericarp 0.4 *
DECYL-ALDEHYDE 0 Fruit Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
DECYLIC-ACID 0 Fruit Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
DELTA-3-CARENE 8 Pericarp 0.0 *
DELTA-CADINENE 9 Pericarp 17.0 *
DEOXY-LIMONOL 0 Seed 8.0 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
DIHYDROKAEMPFEROL 0 Fruit CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
DODECANAL 2 Pericarp 0.7 *
ELEMENE 3 Pericarp *
EO 0 Fruit 6000.0 10000.0 -0.63 *
EO 0 Leaf 1800.0 -0.86 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Cytochrome-P450-1A2-Inhibitor 1 *
Cytochrome-P450-Inducer 1 *
Cytochrome-P450-Inhibitor 2 *
Cytoprotective 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.
Cytotoxic 8 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Decalcifier 1 Merck 11th Edition
Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Deiodinase-Inhibitor 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Deliriant 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Demulcent 2 *
Deodorant 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Depressant 1 Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
Dermal 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Dermatitigenic 5 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Detoxicant 2 *
Detoxicant (Alcohol) 1 *
Diagnostic 1 Martindale's 28th
Diaphoretic? 3 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90.
Differentiator 2 *
Disinfectant 1 Martindale's 29th