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Plant Citrus paradisi (Rutaceae)

Common Names
Grapefruit
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
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 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Anticancer (Liver) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Lung) 2 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Anticancer (Pancreas) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Prostate) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Skin) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticanker 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticapillary-Fragility 3 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Anticarcinogenic 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Anticarcinomic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticarcinomic (Breast) 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Anticardiospasmic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticariogenic 6 Muroi, H. and Kubo, I. 1993. Combination Effects of Antibacterial Compounds in Green Tea Flavor against Streptococcus mutans. J. Agric. Food Chem. 41: 1102-1105.
Anticarpal-Tunnel 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticataleptic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticataract 9 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticephalagic 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticervicaldysplasic 3 Duke, 1992 *
AntiCFS 3 Duke, 1992 *
Anticheilitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antichilblain 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.