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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TITANIUM | 0 | Fruit | 0.1 | 7.7 | -0.58 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRANS-ALPHA-BERGAMOTENE | 0 | Pericarp | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRANS-CARYOPHYLLENE | 0 | Pericarp | not available | 13.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRANS-LINALOL-OXIDE | 0 | Pericarp | not available | 13.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRANS-OBACUNOIC-ACID-17-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| TRYPTOPHAN | 29 | Fruit | 20.0 | 220.0 | -0.88 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TYRAMINE | 11 | Fruit | not available | 0.0 | -1.41 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TYROSINE | 8 | Fruit | not available | 61.0 | -0.98 | Duke, 1992 * |
| UMBELLIFERONE | 22 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| UNDECANAL | 2 | Pericarp | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| URONIC-ACID | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VALENCENE | 0 | Pericarp | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VALINE | 3 | Fruit | not available | 240.0 | -0.87 | Duke, 1992 * |
| WATER | 0 | Fruit | 847000.0 | 930000.0 | 0.69 | Duke, 1992 * |
| XANTHOXYLETIN | 1 | Root | not available | not available | not available | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| XANTHYLETIN | 1 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| XYLAN | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| XYLOSE | 3 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ZETA-CAROTENE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ZINC | 77 | Fruit | 0.0 | 22.0 | -0.25 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Hepatotropic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Herbicide | 13 | Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp. |
| Histamine-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Histaminic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| HIV-RT-Inhibitor | 2 | Garcia, J., Morin,* C., Nyasse, B., Sondengam, B-L., Tchouankeu, J-C., and Tsamo, E. Complete Structural Assignments Of An Ergosterol Derivative From Entandrophragma utile. Journal of Natural Products, 54(1): 136-142, 1991. |
| Hydrocholerectic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Hypercholesterolemic | 2 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Hyperglycemic | 2 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Hypertensive | 6 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Hypnotic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Hypoammonemic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Hypoarginanemic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Hypocholesterolemic | 18 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Hypocholesterolemic? | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Hypoglycemic | 11 | Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989. |
| Hypolipidemic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypotensive | 13 | Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp. |
| Hypothermic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypouricemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ICAM-1-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |