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Common Names
Grapefruit
How this plant is used
Food
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POTASSIUM | 14 | Fruit | 1300.0 | 46200.0 | 2.50 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROLINE | 0 | Fruit | not available | 590.0 | -0.94 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Fruit | 6000.0 | 70290.0 | -0.53 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PSI-CAROTENE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| QUERCETIN | 176 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| QUINIC-ACID | 1 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| RHOIFOLIN | 2 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| RIBOFLAVIN | 15 | Fruit | 0.0 | 5.0 | 0.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| RUBIDIUM | 0 | Fruit | 0.3 | 22.0 | 0.22 | ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980 |
| SABINENE | 5 | Leaf | not available | 45.0 | -0.23 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SABINENE | 5 | Pericarp | 13.0 | 26.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SALICYLATES | 7 | Fruit | 0.0 | 70.0 | -0.14 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SCOPOLETIN | 44 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| SELENIUM | 60 | Fruit | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.38 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SERINE | 1 | Fruit | 150.0 | 3100.0 | -0.19 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SESELIN | 3 | Root | not available | not available | not available | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| SESLIN | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| SESQUITERPENES | 0 | Pericarp | not available | 130.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SILICON | 4 | Fruit | not available | 2.0 | -0.60 | ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980 |
| SILVER | 3 | Fruit | 0.0 | 0.1 | -0.43 | 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 |