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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
N-TRIACONTANE 0 Fruit CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
NARINGENIN 56 Fruit CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
NARINGENIN-7-BETA-(4-BETA-D-GLUCOSYL)-NEOHESPERIDOSIDE 0 Fruit CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
NARINGENIN-7-BETA-(4-BETA-D-GLUCOSYL)-RUTINOSIDE 0 Fruit CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
NARINGENIN-7-O-BETA-D-RUTINOSIDE 0 Fruit CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
NARINGENIN-RUTINOSIDE 0 Fruit *
NARINGIN 12 Fruit 245.0 195000.0 *
NARINGIN 12 Pericarp 2701.0 15595.0 *
NARINGIN 12 Seed 200.0 2677.0 *
NARINGIN-4-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Plant *
NARIRUTIN 1 Fruit CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
NEOHESPERIDIN 6 Fruit CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
NERAL 4 Fruit 0.0 210.0 0.21 *
NEROL 10 Pericarp 3.0 *
NERYL-ACETATE 5 Pericarp 0.4 *
NEUROSPORENE 0 Fruit CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
NIACIN 39 Fruit 2.0 44.0 -0.22 *
NICKEL 3 Fruit 0.0 7.7 1.56 *
NITROGEN 0 Fruit 990.0 16360.0 0.12 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
NOMILIN 2 Seed CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Neoplastic 1 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
NEP-Inhibitor 1 *
Nephrotoxic 4 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Neuroexcitant 1 Martindale's 28th
Neuroinhibitor 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Neuroprotective 4 *
Neurotoxic 3 R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R.
Neurotransmitter 1 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor 4 *
NO-Genic 2 *
NO-Inhibitor 3 *
NO-Synthase-Inhibitor 1 *
Odontolytic 1 Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 5 Hagerman, A.E. Tannin-Protein Interactions. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.19.
Osteogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Osteolytic 1 *
Oviposition-Stimulant 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ovulant 1 *
Oxidant 2 Larson, R.A. 1987. Review Article Number 30. The Antioxidants of Higher Plants. Phytochemistry. 27: 969-978.
Ozone-Scavenger 1 *