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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Citrus paradisi (Rutaceae)

Common Names
Grapefruit
How this plant is used
Food

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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 *
SINAPIC-ACID 9 Pericarp 2.0 35.0 -1.00 *
SODIUM 1 Fruit 0.0 341.0 -0.15 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Fruit 10.0 110.0 -0.27 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
STIGMASTEROL 12 Fruit 20.0 -0.90 *
STRONTIUM 0 Fruit 3.3 220.0 2.58 *
SUBAPHYLLIN 3 Fruit 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 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 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
SUCROSE 14 Fruit 21400.0 -0.60 *
SUGARS 0 Fruit 33000.0 99600.0 -0.47 *
SULFUR 14 Fruit 7.0 2090.0 0.47 *
SYNEPHERINE 0 Fruit 0.0 -1.00 *
TERPINEN-4-OL 23 Leaf 305.0 -0.17 *
TERPINEN-4-OL 23 Pericarp 3.0 *
TERPINOLENE 9 Leaf 28.0 -0.20 *
TERPINOLENE 9 Pericarp 1.0 11.0 *
THIAMIN 31 Fruit 0.0 6.0 0.09 *
THREONINE 4 Fruit 100.0 -1.21 *
TIN 4 Fruit 0.7 3.3 -0.36 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Memory-Enhancer 1 Science News, 138: 189, 1990.
Metal-Chelator 2 McEvily, A.J., Iyengar, R., and Gross, A.T. Inhibition of Polyphenol Oxidase by Phenolic Compounds. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.25.
Metal-Chelator (Copper) 1 Seidel, V., Verholle, M., Malard, Y., Tillequin, F., Fruchart, J-C., Duriez, P., Bailleul, F., Teissier, E. 2000. Phenylpropanoids from Ballota nigra L. Inhibit in vitro LDL Peroxidation. Phytotherapy Research, 14(2): 93-98.
Metalloproteinase-Inhibitor 1 *
Metastatic 1 Science News, 146: 421.
MMP-9-Inhibitor 1 *
Monoamine-Precursor 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mosquitocide 1 *
Mosquitofuge 1 *
Motor-Depressant 3 Buchbauer et al, e.g.Buchbauer et al,1993.Therapeutic properties of essential oils and fragrances. Chap.12 in Teranishi,R, Buttery,R.G and Sugisawa,H. Eds. Bioactive Volatile Compounds from Plants. ACS Symposium Series 525. Amer. Chem. Soc., Washington DC
Mucogenic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mucolytic 2 Martindale's 29th
Musculotropic 3 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Mutagenic 3 *
Mutagenic? 1 *
Mycobactericide 3 *
Myorelaxant 9 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
NADH-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 *
Natriuretic 2 *
Nematicide 11 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.