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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Tachycardic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Taenicide | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Teratogenic | 4 | Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006. |
| Teratologic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Termiticide | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Termitifuge | 1 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Testosterone-Inducer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Testosteronigenic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Thymoprotective | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| TNF-alpha-Inhibitor | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor | 4 | Santti, R., Makela, S., Strauss, L., Korman, J., Kostian, M. L. 1998. Phytoestrogens: Potential Endocrine Disruptors in Males. Toxicol Ind Health, 14: 223-237. |
| Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor | 3 | Constantinou, A., Mehta, R., Runyan, C., Rao, K., Vaughan, A., Moon, R. 1995. Flavonoids as DNA Topoisomerase Antagonists and Poisons: Structure-Activity Relationships. J Natural Products, 58: 217-225. |
| Toxic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Tranquilizer | 3 | Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jun-90. |
| Transdermal | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Tremorigenic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Trichomonicide | 6 | Martindale's 29th |
| Triglycerigenic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Trypanocide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Tumor-Promoter | 2 | Jim Duke's personal files. |