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Plant Citrus paradisi (Rutaceae)

Common Names
Grapefruit
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Respirastimulant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Retinoprotectant Optometry 1 Duke, 1992 *
Roborant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Scabicide 1 Martindale's 29th
Schizophrenigenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Sedative 17 Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
Serotonin-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Serotoninergic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Sialogogue 1 Martindale's 29th
Soap 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Spasmogenic 5 Fitoterapia No.59-1984.
Spasmolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Spermicide 3 Martindale's 28th
Spermigenic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Stimulant 1 R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R.
Stomachic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Sunscreen 5 Lazarova*, G., Kostova, I., Neychev, H. 1992. Photodynamic damage prevention by some hydroxycoumarins. Fitoterapia 64(2): 134-136, 1993.
Suppository 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Sweetener 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Sympathomimetic 1 Duke, 1992 *