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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.
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
EO 0 Pericarp 3700.0 10000.0 -0.12 Duke, 1992 *
EPI-ISO-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
ERIODICTYOL 10 Fruit not available not available not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ESCULETIN 30 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Fruit 1000.0 19000.0 -0.50 Duke, 1992 *
FERULIC-ACID 61 Fruit 25.0 35.0 -0.57 Duke, 1992 *
FERULIC-ACID 61 Pericarp 25.0 160.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
FERULOYL-PUTRESINE 0 Plant 15.0 41.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Fruit 2000.0 172000.0 0.29 Duke, 1992 *
FLUORINE 0 Fruit 0.0 0.9 -0.45 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
FRIEDELIN 2 Pericarp not available not available not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
FRUCTOSE 8 Plant not available 12400.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GALACTAN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GALACTURONIC-ACID 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-CADINENE 0 Pericarp not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-CAROTENE 2 Fruit not available not available not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
GAMMA-TERPINENE 11 Pericarp 0.4 1.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GERANIAL 13 Fruit 420.0 700.0 1.03 Duke, 1992 *
GERANIAL 13 Leaf not available 31.0 -0.40 Duke, 1992 *
GERANIAL 13 Pericarp 4.0 700.0 not available 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 *