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Common Names
Grapefruit
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Food
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SINAPIC-ACID | 9 | Fruit | 2.0 | 5.0 | -1.41 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SINAPIC-ACID | 9 | Pericarp | 2.0 | 35.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SODIUM | 1 | Fruit | 0.0 | 341.0 | -0.15 | Duke, 1992 * |
| STEARIC-ACID | 8 | Fruit | 10.0 | 110.0 | -0.27 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| STIGMASTEROL | 12 | Fruit | not available | 20.0 | -0.90 | Duke, 1992 * |
| STRONTIUM | 0 | Fruit | 3.3 | 220.0 | 2.58 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SUBAPHYLLIN | 3 | 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. |
| SUBAPHYLLIN | 3 | Leaf | 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. |
| SUBEROSIN | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| SUCROSE | 14 | Fruit | not available | 21400.0 | -0.60 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SUGARS | 0 | Fruit | 33000.0 | 99600.0 | -0.47 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SULFUR | 14 | Fruit | 7.0 | 2090.0 | 0.47 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SYNEPHERINE | 0 | Fruit | not available | 0.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TERPINEN-4-OL | 23 | Leaf | not available | 305.0 | -0.17 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TERPINEN-4-OL | 23 | Pericarp | not available | 3.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TERPINOLENE | 9 | Leaf | not available | 28.0 | -0.20 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TERPINOLENE | 9 | Pericarp | 1.0 | 11.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| THIAMIN | 31 | Fruit | 0.0 | 6.0 | 0.09 | Duke, 1992 * |
| THREONINE | 4 | Fruit | not available | 100.0 | -1.21 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TIN | 4 | Fruit | 0.7 | 3.3 | -0.36 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Tumorigenic | 2 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Tyrosinase-Inhibitor | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Tyrosine-Kinase-Inhibitor | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170. |
| Ubiquiot | 4 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Ulcerogenic | 2 | HerbalGram No. 20, page 9. |
| Uricogenic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Uricosuric | 3 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Urinary-Acidulant | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Urine-Acidifier | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Urine-Deodorant | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Uterorelaxant | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Uterosedative | 2 | Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990. |
| Uterotrophic | 2 | Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 227.1999. |
| UV-Screen | 2 | Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp. |
| Varroacide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Vasoconstrictor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Vasodilator | 12 | Bruneton, J. 1999. Pharmacognosy, Phytochemistry, Medicinal Plants. 2nd Ed. Lavoisier Publishing, Paris. 1119 pp. |
| Vasopressor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| VEGF-Inhibitor | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Verrucolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |