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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
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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antialzheimeran? 1 Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Antiamblyopic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiamnesic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiamyloid-Beta 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antianaphylactic 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiandrogenic 4 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antianemic 3 Martindale's 29th
Antianginal 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiangiogenic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antianorectic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antianorexic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antianxiety 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiaphthic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiapneic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiapoptotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarabiflavinotic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiarrhythmic 8 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarteriosclerotic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic 13 Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic 11 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.