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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SINAPIC-ACID | 9 | Fruit | 2.0 | 5.0 | -1.41 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SINAPIC-ACID | 9 | Pericarp | 2.0 | 35.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SODIUM | 1 | Fruit | 0.0 | 341.0 | -0.15 | Duke, 1992 * |
| STEARIC-ACID | 8 | Fruit | 10.0 | 110.0 | -0.27 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| STIGMASTEROL | 12 | Fruit | not available | 20.0 | -0.90 | Duke, 1992 * |
| STRONTIUM | 0 | Fruit | 3.3 | 220.0 | 2.58 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SUBAPHYLLIN | 3 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| SUBAPHYLLIN | 3 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| SUBEROSIN | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| SUCROSE | 14 | Fruit | not available | 21400.0 | -0.60 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SUGARS | 0 | Fruit | 33000.0 | 99600.0 | -0.47 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SULFUR | 14 | Fruit | 7.0 | 2090.0 | 0.47 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SYNEPHERINE | 0 | Fruit | not available | 0.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TERPINEN-4-OL | 23 | Leaf | not available | 305.0 | -0.17 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TERPINEN-4-OL | 23 | Pericarp | not available | 3.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TERPINOLENE | 9 | Leaf | not available | 28.0 | -0.20 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TERPINOLENE | 9 | Pericarp | 1.0 | 11.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| THIAMIN | 31 | Fruit | 0.0 | 6.0 | 0.09 | Duke, 1992 * |
| THREONINE | 4 | Fruit | not available | 100.0 | -1.21 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TIN | 4 | Fruit | 0.7 | 3.3 | -0.36 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Keratolytic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Larvicide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Larvistat | 1 | Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp. |
| Laxative | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Laxative? | 2 | Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Sep-91. |
| Leptingenic | 1 | Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95 |
| Leukotriene-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Lipolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Lipotropic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor | 8 | Oszmianski, J. and Lee, C.Y. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Phenolics on Carotene Bleaching in Vegetables. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38: 688-690. |
| Lithogenic | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Litholytic | 3 | Martindale's 29th |
| Lubricant | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Lyase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Lymphocytogenic | 1 | Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp. |
| Lypolytic | 1 | Bruneton, J. 1999. Pharmacognosy, Phytochemistry, Medicinal Plants. 2nd Ed. Lavoisier Publishing, Paris. 1119 pp. |
| MAO-A-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MAO-Inhibitor | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Mast-Cell-Stabilizer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Memorigenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |