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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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
PYROPHOSPHATASE-NUCLOETIDE 0 Root *
PYRROLIDINE 1 Fruit Juice *
QUERCETIN 176 Fruit 0.5 16.0 -0.72 *
QUERCETIN 176 Leaf *
QUERCETIN-3-GLUCURONIDE 0 Leaf *
QUERCETIN-3-O-GLUCOSIDE 0 Plant *
QUERCETIN-GLUCURONOSIDE 0 Fruit ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
QUERCIMERITRIN 6 Leaf *
QUERCITRIN 44 Fruit *
QUERCITRIN 44 Leaf *
QUINIC-ACID 1 Fruit Jim Duke's personal files.
QUINIC-ACID 1 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
QUINIC-ACID 1 Root *
RAFFINOSE 1 Fruit ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
RESVERATROL 68 Fruit 13.3 *
RESVERATROL 68 Fruit Juice 0.1 3.3 Creasy, L. L., Creasy, M. T. 1998. Grape Chemistry and the Significance of Resveratrol: An Overview. Pharm. Biol., 36: 8-13.
RESVERATROL 68 Leaf 375.0 90400.0 *
RESVERATROL 68 Shoot *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Plant 0.5 3.2 -0.57 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Stem 6.9 -0.49 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor 4 *
Cancer-Preventive 65 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candida-SAP-Inhibitor 1 *
Candidicide 11 Martindale's 28th
Candidistat 2 *
Capillarifortificant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Capillarigenic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Capillariprotective 4 Merck 11th Edition
Capillaritonic 2 *
Carcinogenic 12 *
Cardiac 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.
Cardiodepressant 1 *
Cardiomyopathogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Cardioprotective 16 *
Cardiotonic 8 *
Cardiotoxic 1 *
Cardiovascular 1 Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Carminative 1 *
Casein-Kinase-II-Inhibitor 1 *
Caspase-8-Inducer 1 *