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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
TITANIUM 0 Fruit 0.1 7.7 -0.58 Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-ALPHA-BERGAMOTENE 0 Pericarp not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Pericarp not available 13.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-LINALOL-OXIDE 0 Pericarp not available 13.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-OBACUNOIC-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
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Fruit 20.0 220.0 -0.88 Duke, 1992 *
TYRAMINE 11 Fruit not available 0.0 -1.41 Duke, 1992 *
TYROSINE 8 Fruit not available 61.0 -0.98 Duke, 1992 *
UMBELLIFERONE 22 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
UNDECANAL 2 Pericarp not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
URONIC-ACID 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VALENCENE 0 Pericarp not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VALINE 3 Fruit not available 240.0 -0.87 Duke, 1992 *
WATER 0 Fruit 847000.0 930000.0 0.69 Duke, 1992 *
XANTHOXYLETIN 1 Root not available not available not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
XANTHYLETIN 1 Fruit not available not available not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
XYLAN 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
XYLOSE 3 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ZETA-CAROTENE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ZINC 77 Fruit 0.0 22.0 -0.25 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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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