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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
GALLOCATECHIN 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GALLOCATECHIN 0 Hr not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GALLOYL-PROCYANIDIN 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-CAROTENE 2 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GENTISIC-ACID 8 Hull Husk not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GENTISIC-ACID 8 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GERANIOL 35 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.
GERANIOL 35 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 145200.0 0.29 Duke, 1992 *
GERANIOL-6-O-ALPHA-L-ARABINOFURANOSYL-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GERANIOL-6-O-ALPHA-L-RHAMNOPYRANOSYL-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GERANIOL-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GERMANICOL 0 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE 7 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.
GLUCOSE-6-PHOSPHATE-DEHYDROGENASE 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.
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Fruit 1380.0 7099.0 -0.48 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
GLYCERIC-ACID 3 Leaf 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.
GLYCINE 12 Fruit 200.0 1029.0 -1.00 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
GLYCOLIC-ACID 4 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GRASSHOPPER-KETONE 0 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HENTRIACONTANE 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.
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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
Asthma-preventive 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Astringent 6 Merck 11th Edition
ATPase-Inhibitor 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Autotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Bactericide 1 Wealth of India.
Bacteristat 6 Lamikanra, A., Ogundaini, A.O., and Ogungbamila*, F.O. Antibacterial Constituents of Alchornea cordifolia Leaves. Phytotherapy Research 4(5): 198.
Barbituate-Synergist 1 Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker 9 Zhu, M., Phillipson, J. D., Greengrass, P. M., Bowery, N. E., Cai, Y. 1997. Plant Polyphenols: Biologically Active Compounds or Non-Selective Binders to Protein? Phytochemistry, 44(3): 441-447.
Beta-Blocker 4 Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor 6 Duke, 1992 *
Bradycardiac 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Bronchodilator 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Bronchoprotectant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Bronchorelaxant 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Bruchifuge 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Bruchiphobe 4 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Calcium-Antagonist 5 Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker 1 Duke, 1992 *
Calmodulin-Antagonist 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
cAMP-Inhibitor 1 Schussler, M., Fricke, U., Nikolov, N., and Holzl, J. 1991. Comparison of the Flavonoids Occurring in Crataegus species and Inhibition of 3',5'-Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate Phosphodiesterase. Plant Medica 57: Suppl Issue 2. p.A-133.