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Plant Vitis vinifera (Vitaceae)

Common Names
Grape; European Grape; Wine Grape; Grapevine; Vigne Vinifere (Fr.); Weinrebe (Ger.); Parra (Sp.); Vid (Sp.)
How this plant is used
Food
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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
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Fruit 1300.0 6687.0 -0.26 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed 33000.0 110000.0 0.02 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINOLENIC-ACID 0 Seed Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LITHIUM 11 Fruit 0.1 0.3 -0.67 Duke, 1992 *
LUPEOL 21 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUPEOL 21 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUPEOL 21 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUTEIN 15 Fruit 0.7 7.0 -0.23 Duke, 1992 *
LUTEIN-5,6-EPOXIDE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUTEIN-5-8-EPOXIDE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUTEOLIN 78 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUTEOXANTHIN 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LYCOPENE 16 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LYSINE 4 Fruit 150.0 772.0 -0.87 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MAGNESIUM 65 Fruit 58.0 2310.0 0.08 Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Stem not available 4360.0 -0.17 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
MALIC-ACID 15 Fruit 1500.0 2000.0 -0.82 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
MALIC-ACID 15 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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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
Allelopathic 5 Holappa, L.D., and Blum*, U. 1991. Effects of Exogenously Applied Ferulic Acid, a Potential Allelopathic Compound, on Leaf Growth, Water Utilization, and Endogenous Abscisic Acid Levels of Tomato, Cucumber, and Bean. J. of Chemical Ecology, 17(5): 865.
Allergenic 20 Martindale's 28th
Alpha-Amylase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Glucosidase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Amphiglycemic? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anabolic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Analeptic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic 19 Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic? 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anemiagenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic 6 Duke, 1992 *
Angiogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 3 Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic 3 Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Anthelmintic 4 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiacetylcholinesterase 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiacid 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiacne 10 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).