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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.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
VANILLIC-ACID 24 Hull Husk not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
VANILLIC-ACID 24 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VANILLIC-ALDEHYDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VANILLIN 28 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VIOLAXANTHIN 2 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VIT-B-6 0 Fruit 1.0 6.0 -0.37 Duke, 1992 *
VITAMIN-B-6 0 Fruit 1.0 6.0 not available USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
VITILAGIN 0 Leaf not available 89.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
VITIS-ARABINOGALACTAN-PROTEIN-AG-P 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VITISPIRANE 0 Plant not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
VOMIFOLIOL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
WATER 0 Fruit 761000.0 897000.0 0.55 Duke, 1992 *
WATER 0 Stem not available 792000.0 0.21 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
XYLOSE 3 Fruit not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ZEATIN 2 Resin, Exudate, Sap not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ZEATIN-RIBOSIDE 0 Resin, Exudate, Sap not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ZEAXANTHIN 5 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ZINC 77 Fruit 0.4 27.0 -0.10 Duke, 1992 *
ZINC 77 Stem not available 75.0 -0.61 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
ZIRCONIUM 0 Fruit 0.4 1.5 -0.42 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiheartburn 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihelicobacter 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihematuric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihemolytic 2 Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994.
Antihemorrhagic 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihemorrhoidal 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatitic 5 Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
Antihepatoadenomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatocarcinogenic 1 Akao, M. and Kuroda, K. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Fumaric Acid on Hepatocarcinogenesis by Thioacetamide in Mice. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(7): 2012-2014, 1990.
Antihepatotic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihepatotoxic 20 Merck 11th Edition
Antiherpetic 18 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiherpetic? 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihistaminic 15 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiHIV 19 Kashiwada, Y., et. al. 1998. Anti-AIDS Agents. 30. Anti-HIV Activity of Oleanolic Acid, Pomolic Acid, and Structurally Related Triterpenoids. J. Nat. Prod., 61 (9): 1090-1095.
Antihomocystinuric 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antihydrophobic 1 Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
Antihyperactivity 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antihyperammonemic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihypercholesterolemic 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.