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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
ROSEOSIDE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RUBIDIUM 0 Fruit 0.4 5.5 -1.02 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
RUTIN 87 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SALICYLATES 7 Fruit 2.0 80.0 -0.11 Duke, 1992 *
SALICYLIC-ACID 34 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SALICYLIC-ACID 34 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SELENIUM 60 Fruit 0.0 0.0 -0.38 Duke, 1992 *
SELENIUM 60 Stem not available 18.0 1.92 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
SERINE 1 Fruit 320.0 1646.0 -0.71 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SFA 0 Fruit 1890.0 9722.0 -0.17 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SHIKIMIC-ACID 14 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.
SHIKIMIC-ACID 14 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SILICON 4 Fruit 1.0 28.0 -0.52 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
SILICON 4 Stem not available 365.0 -0.55 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
SILVER 3 Fruit 0.0 0.1 -0.53 Duke, 1992 *
SINAPIC-ACID 9 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM 1 Fruit 2.0 454.0 -0.14 Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM 1 Stem not available 156.0 -0.52 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
SQUALENE 10 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SQUALENE 10 Seed Oil 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
Coleoptophile 1 Merck 11th Edition
Collagen-Sparing 2 Duke, 1992 *
Collagenase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Collagenic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Colorant 9 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Comedogenic 1 Martindale's 29th
Comedolytic 2 Martindale's 29th
COMP-Inhibitor 4 Dullo, A. G., et al. 1999. Efficacy of a green tea extract rich in catechin polyphenols and caffeine in increasing 24-h energy expenditure and fat oxidation in humans. Am. J. Clinical Nutrition, 70: 1040-1045.
COMT-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Contraceptive 1 Martindale's 28th
Copper-Antagonist 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Copper-Chelator 2 Duke, 1992 *
Corrosive 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Cosmetic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Counterirritant 1 Merck 11th Edition
COX-1-Inhibitor 7 Duke, 1992 *
COX-2-Inhibitor 14 Duke, 1992 *
Culicide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cyclooxygenase-Activator 2 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor 13 Duke, 1992 *