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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CYCLOEUCALENOL | 3 | Pericarp | not available | not available | not available | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| CYSTINE | 2 | Fruit | not available | 2.0 | -1.07 | Duke, 1992 * |
| D-CADINENE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| D-LIMONENE | 19 | Fruit | 3410.0 | 9575.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| D-LIMONENE | 19 | Plant | not available | 9000.0 | 2.00 | Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952. |
| DEACETYL-NOMILIN | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| DEACETYL-NOMILINIC-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 |
| DECANAL | 0 | Pericarp | not available | 9.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DECANOL | 2 | Pericarp | not available | 3.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DECYL-ACETATE | 1 | Pericarp | not available | 0.4 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DECYL-ALDEHYDE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952. |
| DECYLIC-ACID | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952. |
| DELTA-3-CARENE | 8 | Pericarp | not available | 0.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DELTA-CADINENE | 9 | Pericarp | not available | 17.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DEOXY-LIMONOL | 0 | Seed | not available | 8.0 | not available | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| DIHYDROKAEMPFEROL | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| DODECANAL | 2 | Pericarp | not available | 0.7 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ELEMENE | 3 | Pericarp | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EO | 0 | Fruit | 6000.0 | 10000.0 | -0.63 | Duke, 1992 * |
| EO | 0 | Leaf | not available | 1800.0 | -0.86 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 * |