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
ALPHA-COPAENE	0	Pericarp	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CRYPTOXANTHIN	2	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.
ALPHA-CRYTOXANTHIN	0	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.
ALPHA-CUBEBENE	0	Pericarp	not available	2.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-FARNESENE	0	Pericarp	0.7	2.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-HUMULENE	2	Leaf	not available	29.0	-0.42	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-HUMULENE	2	Pericarp	not available	7.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID	15	Fruit	50.0	550.0	-0.90	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ALPHA-MUUROLENE	0	Pericarp	not available	2.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE	11	Pericarp	1.0	2.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Leaf	not available	55.0	-0.22	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Pericarp	12.0	47.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-SINENSAL	0	Pericarp	not available	0.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE	13	Pericarp	not available	1.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL	23	Leaf	not available	29.0	-0.54	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL	23	Pericarp	not available	7.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-THUJENE	0	Pericarp	not available	1.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL	32	Fruit	3.0	29.0	-0.68	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-YLANGENE	0	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