Plant Citrus paradisi (Rutaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Grapefruit

How this plant is used

Food

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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
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 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Diuretic	13	Duke, 1992 *
DME-Inhibitor	1	Advance in Chinese Medicinal Materials Research. 1985. Eds. H. M. Chang, H. W. Yeung, W. -W. Tso and A. Koo. World Scientific Publishing Co., Philadelphia Pa., page 134.
DNA-Active	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
DNA-Protective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Dye	1	Merck 11th Edition
Embryotoxic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Emetic	3	Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Sep-97.
Encephalopathic	1	Martindale's 29th
Energizer	2	Duke, 1992 *
Enterocontractant	1	J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.
Ergogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Ergotamine-Enhancer	1	Martindale's 29th
Erythrocytogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Essential	6	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Estrogenic	9	Duke, 1992 *
Expectorant	8	Duke, 1992 *
Fatal	1	Martindale's 29th
Febrifuge	1	Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Fibrinolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Fistula-Preventive	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).