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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IRON | 6 | Fruit | 1.0 | 88.0 | -0.18 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 |
| ISOMERANZIN | 0 | Pericarp | not available | not available | not available | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| ISOPULEGOL | 3 | Pericarp | not available | 2.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISORHAMNETIN | 11 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| ISORHOIFOLIN | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| ISOSAKURANETIN | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| KAEMPFEROL | 75 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| KILOCALORIES | 0 | Fruit | not available | 1724.0 | -2.94 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| LEAD | 0 | Fruit | 0.0 | 7.7 | -0.03 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LEUCINES | 0 | Fruit | not available | 240.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LIMETTIN | 0 | 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. |
| LIMONENE | 60 | Leaf | not available | 205.0 | -0.23 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LIMONIN | 5 | Fruit | 3.0 | 477.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LIMONIN | 5 | Pericarp | 6.0 | 65.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LIMONIN | 5 | Plant | 9.0 | 140.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LIMONIN | 5 | Seed | 1188.0 | 1885.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LIMONOATE-A-RING-LACTONE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| LIMONOL | 0 | Seed | not available | 23.0 | not available | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| LINALOL | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | 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. |