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

Common Names

Grapefruit

How this plant is used

Food

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
ALPHA-COPAENE	0	Pericarp	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CRYPTOXANTHIN	2	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.
ALPHA-CRYTOXANTHIN	0	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.
ALPHA-CUBEBENE	0	Pericarp	not available	2.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-FARNESENE	0	Pericarp	0.7	2.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-HUMULENE	2	Leaf	not available	29.0	-0.42	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-HUMULENE	2	Pericarp	not available	7.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID	15	Fruit	50.0	550.0	-0.90	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ALPHA-MUUROLENE	0	Pericarp	not available	2.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE	11	Pericarp	1.0	2.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Leaf	not available	55.0	-0.22	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Pericarp	12.0	47.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-SINENSAL	0	Pericarp	not available	0.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE	13	Pericarp	not available	1.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL	23	Leaf	not available	29.0	-0.54	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL	23	Pericarp	not available	7.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-THUJENE	0	Pericarp	not available	1.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL	32	Fruit	3.0	29.0	-0.68	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-YLANGENE	0	Pericarp	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
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	Duke, 1992 *
Metastatic	1	Science News, 146: 421.
MMP-9-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
Mosquitofuge	1	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
Mutagenic?	1	Duke, 1992 *
Mycobactericide	3	Duke, 1992 *
Myorelaxant	9	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
NADH-Oxidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Natriuretic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Nematicide	11	Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.