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Plant 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
ALUMINUM 5 Fruit 1.0 330.0 -0.13 Duke, 1992 *
APIGENIN-7-O-BETA-D-RUTINOSIDE 0 Leaf not available 5.0 not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ARABAN 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE 14 Fruit 470.0 760.0 -0.95 Duke, 1992 *
ARSENIC 2 Fruit 0.0 4.4 5.10 Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Fruit 337.0 3862.0 -0.04 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Fruit 3050.0 110000.0 1.38 Duke, 1992 *
ASPARAGINE 2 Fruit not available 420.0 -0.65 Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Fruit 810.0 4700.0 -0.72 Duke, 1992 *
BARIUM 0 Fruit 0.4 22.0 -0.17 Duke, 1992 *
BERGAMOTTIN 2 Pericarp not available not available not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
BERGAPTOL 0 Fruit not available not available not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
BETA-BISABOLENE 6 Pericarp not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Fruit 0.0 5.0 -0.14 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Pericarp not available 130.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-COPAENE 0 Pericarp not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CUBEBENE 0 Pericarp not available 17.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-HUMULENE 0 Pericarp not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PHELLANDRENE 3 Pericarp not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Leaf not available 55.0 -0.35 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Immunomodulator 9 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Immunostimulant 8 Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
Immunosuppressant 2 Martindale's 29th
iNOS-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Inotropic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Insecticide 6 Duke, 1992 *
Insectifuge 20 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Insectiphile 4 Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
Insulin-Sparing 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Insulinase-Inhibitor 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 157.
Insulinogenic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Insulinotonic 1 J. Agri. & Food Chemistry, 36: 1079.
Interferon-Synergist 1 Duke, 1992 *
Interferonogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Interleukin-6-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Iodothyronine-Deiodinase-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Irritant 18 Duke, 1992 *
JNK-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Juvabional 4 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Keratitigenic 1 Duke, 1992 *