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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
GERANIOL 35 Pericarp not available 2.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GERANIOL 35 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GERANYL-ACETATE 5 Fruit not available not available not available Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
GERANYL-ACETATE 5 Leaf not available 10.0 -1.02 Duke, 1992 *
GERANYL-ACETATE 5 Pericarp not available 5.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GERANYL-OXY-PYRANOCOUMARIN 0 Root not available not available not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
GERMACRENE-D 2 Pericarp not available 13.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSAN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE 7 Fruit not available 19500.0 -0.69 Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Fruit 220.0 2800.0 -0.81 Duke, 1992 *
GLYCINE 12 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEPTULOSE 0 Pericarp not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HESPERETIN 8 Fruit not available not available not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
HESPERIDIN 31 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEX-1-EN-3-OL 0 Pericarp not available 0.4 not available Duke, 1992 *
HISTIDINE 7 Fruit not available 140.0 -1.10 Duke, 1992 *
HORDENENE 0 Fruit not available 0.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
HUMULENE 2 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HUMULENE 2 Pericarp not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
INTERMEDEOL 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.
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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
Flatugenic 1 Singh, J., Gupta, K., and Arora, S.K. 1993. Changes in the anti-nutritional factors of developing seeds and pod walls of fenugreek (Trigonella foenum graecum L.). Plant Foods for Human Nutrition. 46: 77-84, 1994.
FLavor 37 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Fungicide 31 Martindale's 29th
Fungiphilic 1 J. Agric. Food Chem. 43: 2283.
Fungistat 3 Duke, 1992 *
Gastroprotective 2 Duke, 1992 *
Glaucomagenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Glutathionigenic 3 Martindale's 29th
Goitrogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Gonadotrophic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
GST-Inducer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hemolytic 1 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Hemopoietic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hemostat 3 Duke, 1992 *
Hemostatic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Hepatocarcinogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hepatomagenic 1 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp.
Hepatoprotective 14 Duke, 1992 *
Hepatotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *