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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALUMINUM | 5 | Fruit | 1.0 | 330.0 | -0.13 | Duke, 1992 * |
| APIGENIN-7-O-BETA-D-RUTINOSIDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | 5.0 | not available | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| ARABAN | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ARGININE | 14 | Fruit | 470.0 | 760.0 | -0.95 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ARSENIC | 2 | Fruit | 0.0 | 4.4 | 5.10 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASCORBIC-ACID | 112 | Fruit | 337.0 | 3862.0 | -0.04 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASH | 0 | Fruit | 3050.0 | 110000.0 | 1.38 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASPARAGINE | 2 | Fruit | not available | 420.0 | -0.65 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASPARTIC-ACID | 3 | Fruit | 810.0 | 4700.0 | -0.72 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BARIUM | 0 | Fruit | 0.4 | 22.0 | -0.17 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BERGAMOTTIN | 2 | Pericarp | not available | not available | not available | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| BERGAPTOL | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| BETA-BISABOLENE | 6 | Pericarp | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-CAROTENE | 53 | Fruit | 0.0 | 5.0 | -0.14 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE | 0 | Pericarp | not available | 130.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-COPAENE | 0 | Pericarp | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-CUBEBENE | 0 | Pericarp | not available | 17.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-HUMULENE | 0 | Pericarp | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-PHELLANDRENE | 3 | Pericarp | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-PINENE | 13 | Leaf | not available | 55.0 | -0.35 | 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 * |