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Plant Citrus paradisi (Rutaceae)

Common Names
Grapefruit
How this plant is used
Food

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List of plant chemicals.
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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 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 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
P450-2B1-Inhibitor 6 Duke, 1992 *
P450-Inducer 3 Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
P450-Inhibitor 2 Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
PAF-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Parasiticide 1 Martindale's 29th
Percutaneostimulant 1 Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990.
Perfumery 29 Merck 11th Edition
Peristaltic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Pesticide 75 Duke, 1992 *
PGE2-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Phagocytotic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Pheromone 1 Duke, 1992 *
Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Phospholipase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Photoactive 1 Duke, 1992 *
Photosensitizer 1 Rinzler, C. A. 1990. The Complete Book of Herbs, Spices and Condiments. Facts on File, New York. 199 pp.
Phytoalexin 1 Duke, 1992 *
Phytohormonal 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Pituitary-Stimulant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Plasmodicide 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.