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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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
(+)-CATECHIN 30 Leaf *
(+)-CATECHIN 30 Pericarp *
(+)-CATECHIN 30 Seed *
(+)-GALLOCATECHIN 7 Leaf *
(-)-EPICATECHIN 38 Fruit *
(-)-EPICATECHIN 38 Leaf *
(-)-EPICATECHIN 38 Pericarp *
(-)-EPICATECHIN 38 Seed *
(-)-EPICATECHIN-3-GALLATE 0 Leaf *
(-)-EPIGALLOCATECHIN 21 Leaf *
(-)-GALLOCATECHIN 0 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
(DL)-GALLOCATECHIN 0 Leaf *
16-BETA-HYDROXY-3-OXO-OLEAN-1-12-DIEN-28-OIC-ACID 0 Pericarp *
16-BETA-HYDROXY-3-OXO-OLEAN-12-EN-28-OIC-ACID 0 Pericarp *
2,2,6-TRIMETHYL-8-(1-HYDRFOXY-ETHYL)-7-OXA-BICYCLO-(4,3,0)-NONA-4,9-DIENE 0 Fruit *
2,2,6-TRIMETHYL-8-(1-HYDROXY-ETHYL)-7-OXA-BICYCLO-(4,3,0)-NONA-4,9-DIENE 0 Fruit *
2,6-DIMETHYL-TRANS,TRANS-OCTA-2,6-DIEN-1,8-DIOL 0 Fruit *
2,6-DIMETHYL-TRANS-OCTA-2,7-DIEN-1,6-DIOL-6-O-ALPHA-D-ARABINOFURANOSYL-BETA-D-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Fruit *
2,6-DIMETHYL-TRANS-OCTA-2,7-DIEN-1,6-DIOL-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Fruit *
2,6-DIMETHYL-TRANS-OCTA-2,7-DIEN-1,6-DIOL-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Plant *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Catabolic 2 *
Chelator 1 *
Chemopreventive 14 *
Cholagogue 3 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Choleretic 18 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Cholesterolytic 4 *
Choline-Sparing 2 Singleton, V.L. 1981. Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants: Phenolic Substances of Plant Origin Common in Foods. Advances in Food Research 27: 149-217.
Cholinergic 2 Martindale's 28th
Chronotropic 1 *
Cicatrizant 1 *
Circulatory-Stimulant 1 *
Circulotonic 2 *
Clastogenic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Active 2 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
CNS-Depressant 5 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
CNS-Inhibitor 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.
CNS-Paralytic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Stimulant 3 *
Co-carcinogenic 1 *
Cold-preventive 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.