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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHALCONASE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHLORINE | 7 | Plant | not available | 6.0 | -1.48 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHOLESTEROL | 1 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| CHROMIUM | 24 | Fruit | 0.0 | 0.6 | -0.43 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-BETA-FARNESENE | 0 | Pericarp | not available | 2.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-LINALOL-OXIDE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-LINALOOL-OXIDE | 0 | Pericarp | not available | 28.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CITRAL | 53 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952. |
| CITRIC-ACID | 23 | Fruit | 11900.0 | 21000.0 | -0.31 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CITRONELLAL | 20 | Pericarp | not available | not available | not available | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| CITRONELLOL | 15 | Leaf | not available | 70.0 | -0.43 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CITRONELLYL-ACETATE | 2 | Pericarp | not available | not available | not available | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| CITROSTADIENOL | 1 | Pericarp | not available | not available | not available | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| COBALT | 2 | Fruit | 0.0 | 0.2 | -0.51 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CONIFERIN | 2 | Pericarp | not available | not available | not available | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| COPAENE | 1 | Pericarp | not available | 2.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| COPPER | 12 | Fruit | 0.0 | 7.7 | -0.40 | Duke, 1992 * |
| COUMARINS | 0 | Pericarp | not available | 14000.0 | not available | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| CRYPTOXANTHIN | 2 | Fruit | 0.0 | 0.3 | -0.64 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CYCLOARTENOL | 7 | Pericarp | not available | not available | not available | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| 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. |