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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
B-HEMICELLULOSE 0 Fruit not available not available not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
BARIUM 0 Fruit 0.7 15.4 -0.51 Duke, 1992 *
BENZOIC-ACID 20 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.
BENZYL-6-O-BETA-D-APIOFURANOSYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-ALCOHOL 9 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-ALCOHOL-6-O-L-ARABINOFURANOSYL-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-ALCOHOL-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-ALCOHOL-BETA-D-RUTINOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-3-OXO-DAMASCONE 0 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYRIN 9 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYRIN 9 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Fruit 0.5 2.1 -0.15 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Stem not available 43.0 -0.56 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
BETA-IONONE 13 Fruit not available not available not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
BETA-PHENYLETHANOL-6-BETA-D-ARABINOFURANOSYL-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PHENYLETHANOL-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PHENYLETHANOL-BETA-D-RUTINOSIDE 0 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Fruit 30.0 150.0 -0.60 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETAINE 14 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antitumor (Kidney) 3 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antitumor (Liver) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung) 10 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Mammary) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Mouth) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Ovary) 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Pancreas) 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Prostate) 8 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Skin) 7 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Stomach) 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Thyroid) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter 14 Cancer Research, 48: 5941.
Antitussive 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antitympanitic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antiulcer 24 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiulcerogenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiurease 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiuremic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiurethrotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiuricosuric 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.