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Common Names
Grapefruit
How this plant is used
Food
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| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BETA-PINENE | 13 | Pericarp | 0.7 | 2.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-SINENSAL | 0 | Pericarp | not available | 0.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Fruit | not available | 130.0 | -0.62 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BISABOLENE | 0 | Pericarp | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BORON | 4 | Fruit | 1.0 | 33.0 | -0.14 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BRAYLIN | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| BROMINE | 0 | Fruit | 1.0 | not available | not available | ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980 |
| BYANGELICIN | 0 | Pericarp | not available | not available | not available | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| CADINENE | 4 | Pericarp | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CADMIUM | 3 | Fruit | 0.0 | 0.1 | -0.45 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAFFEIC-ACID | 102 | Fruit | 40.0 | 51.0 | -0.33 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAFFEINE | 62 | Flower | not available | 29.0 | -1.32 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Fruit | 117.0 | 11000.0 | 1.65 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMPESTEROL | 2 | Fruit | not available | 20.0 | -0.49 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMPHENE | 9 | Pericarp | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Fruit | 80800.0 | 948000.0 | 0.88 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARVEOL | 1 | Pericarp | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARVYL-ACETATE | 0 | Pericarp | not available | not available | not available | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| CARYOPHYLLENE | 31 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| CATECHOL | 22 | Plant | 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. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antiasthmatic? | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiatherogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiatheromic | 1 | Cerda, J.J. Pectin in Health and Disease. HortScience, 25(12): 1485, 1990. |
| Antiatherosclerotic | 10 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antibacillary | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antibackache | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antibacterial | 44 | Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994. |
| Antiberiberi | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiBPH | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antibradykinic | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 366. |
| Antibronchoconstrictor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticalculic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer | 11 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Bladder) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Breast) | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Cervix) | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Colon) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Esophagus)? | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Anticancer (Forestomach) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Gastric) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |