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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
ALPHA-VINIFERIN 0 Leaf not available 23400.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM 5 Fruit 1.0 154.0 -0.18 Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM 5 Stem not available 1030.0 0.04 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
ANTHERAXANTHIN 1 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ANTHOCYANIDINS 10 Pericarp not available not available not available Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
ANTHOCYANINS 30 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ANTHOCYANINS 30 Leaf not available 3000.0 not available Bruneton, J. 1999. Pharmacognosy, Phytochemistry, Medicinal Plants. 2nd Ed. Lavoisier Publishing, Paris. 1119 pp.
ANTHOCYANINS 30 Pericarp not available not available not available Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
ARGININE 14 Fruit 490.0 2520.0 -0.48 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ARSENIC 2 Fruit 0.0 0.9 0.60 Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Fruit 99.0 600.0 -0.25 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Leaf 3490.0 3870.0 -0.08 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Stem not available 310.0 -1.19 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
ASCORBIC-ACID-OXIDASE 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.
ASH 0 Fruit 4290.0 77000.0 0.53 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Stem not available 88000.0 0.92 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Fruit 810.0 4167.0 -0.79 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ASRAGALIN 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ASTILBIN 1 Pericarp not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ASTRAGALIN 7 Leaf 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
Antivaccinia 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antivaginitic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antivaricose 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antivertigo 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral 39 Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antivitiligic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiwrinkle 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antixerophthalmic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antixerotic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiyeast 3 Duke, 1992 *
Anxiolytic 8 Merck 11th Edition
AP-1-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Aphidifuge 1 Duke, 1992 *
Aphrodisiac 1 Duke, 1992 *
Apoptotic 14 Duke, 1992 *
Aromatase-Inhibitor 4 Duke, 1992 *
Artemicide 3 Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990.
Arteriodilator 1 Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Ascaricide 2 Duke, 1992 *