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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
CYCLOEUCALENOL 3 Pericarp not available not available not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CYSTINE 2 Fruit not available 2.0 -1.07 Duke, 1992 *
D-CADINENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
D-LIMONENE 19 Fruit 3410.0 9575.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
D-LIMONENE 19 Plant not available 9000.0 2.00 Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
DEACETYL-NOMILIN 0 Seed not available not available not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
DEACETYL-NOMILINIC-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
DECANAL 0 Pericarp not available 9.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DECANOL 2 Pericarp not available 3.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DECYL-ACETATE 1 Pericarp not available 0.4 not available Duke, 1992 *
DECYL-ALDEHYDE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
DECYLIC-ACID 0 Fruit not available not available not available Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
DELTA-3-CARENE 8 Pericarp not available 0.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-CADINENE 9 Pericarp not available 17.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DEOXY-LIMONOL 0 Seed not available 8.0 not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
DIHYDROKAEMPFEROL 0 Fruit not available not available not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
DODECANAL 2 Pericarp not available 0.7 not available Duke, 1992 *
ELEMENE 3 Pericarp not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Fruit 6000.0 10000.0 -0.63 Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Leaf not available 1800.0 -0.86 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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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.