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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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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ALUMINUM 5 Fruit 1.0 330.0 -0.13 *
APIGENIN-7-O-BETA-D-RUTINOSIDE 0 Leaf 5.0 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ARABAN 0 Fruit *
ARGININE 14 Fruit 470.0 760.0 -0.95 *
ARSENIC 2 Fruit 0.0 4.4 5.10 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Fruit 337.0 3862.0 -0.04 *
ASH 0 Fruit 3050.0 110000.0 1.38 *
ASPARAGINE 2 Fruit 420.0 -0.65 *
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Fruit 810.0 4700.0 -0.72 *
BARIUM 0 Fruit 0.4 22.0 -0.17 *
BERGAMOTTIN 2 Pericarp CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
BERGAPTOL 0 Fruit CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
BETA-BISABOLENE 6 Pericarp *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Fruit 0.0 5.0 -0.14 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Pericarp 130.0 *
BETA-COPAENE 0 Pericarp *
BETA-CUBEBENE 0 Pericarp 17.0 *
BETA-HUMULENE 0 Pericarp *
BETA-PHELLANDRENE 3 Pericarp *
BETA-PINENE 13 Leaf 55.0 -0.35 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Hepatotropic 2 *
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 *
Histaminic 1 *
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 *
Hypotensive 13 Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
Hypothermic 1 *
Hypouricemic 1 *
ICAM-1-Inhibitor 1 *