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
NOMILINIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
NOMILINIC-ACID-17-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
NONANAL	0	Pericarp	not available	3.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NONANOL	0	Pericarp	not available	0.7	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NOOTKATONE	3	Pericarp	not available	27.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OBACUNONE	3	Seed	not available	not available	not available	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
OCTANOL	0	Pericarp	not available	11.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTOPAMINE	0	Hull Husk	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTOPAMINE	0	Plant	not available	0.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTYL-ALDEHYDE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
OCTYLIC-ACID	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
OLEIC-ACID	18	Fruit	120.0	1320.0	-0.47	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
OSTHOL	15	Root	not available	not available	not available	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
OSTHOLE	4	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OXALIC-ACID	9	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-CAFFEIC-ACID	0	Pericarp	5.0	12.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID	25	Fruit	0.0	53.0	-0.49	Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID	25	Pericarp	5.0	25.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENE	16	Leaf	not available	385.0	-0.08	Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENE	16	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
Polyamine-Synthesis-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Preservative	2	Merck 11th Edition
Previtamin-A	2	Duke, 1992 *
ProHLDL	1	Duke, 1992 *
Prolactinogenic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Proliferant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Prooxidant	5	Duke, 1992 *
Propecic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandigenic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandin-Sparer	1	Fujita, T., Nakatani, E., Funaishi, N., Sakuma, S., Fujimoto, Y. Potent inhibition of prostaglandin inactivation in rabbit gastric antral mucosal slices by selenium ions in-vitro. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 655-657, 1990.
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor	5	Duke, 1992 *
Prostatitigenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor	2	Naim, M., Zehavi, U., Nagy, S., and Rouseff, R.L. Hydroxycinnamic Acids as Off-Flavor Precursors in Citrus Fruits and Their Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.14.
Protisticide	2	Martindale's 29th
PTK-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Pyrogenic	1	Daroca, P., Rodriguez, J., Reano, M., Canto, G., Miranda, P. 1996. Fever From Caffeine. Allergy, 51(3): 189-191.
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer	5	Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Refrigerant	1	Martindale's 28th
Renoirritant	1	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Renotoxic	1	Merck 11th Edition