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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
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
ENOMELANIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ENOTANNIN 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EPI-CATECHIN-(4-BETA-6)-EPI-CATECHIN-(4-BETA-8)-CATECHIN 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EPI-CATECHIN-(4-BETA-6)-EPI-CATECHIN-(4-BETA-8)-EPI-CATECHIN 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EPI-CATECHIN-(4-BETA-8)-EPI-CATECHIN-(4-BETA-6)-CATECHIN 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EPI-CATECHIN-(4-BETA-8)-EPI-CATECHIN-(4-BETA-6)-EPI-CATECHIN 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EPI-CATECHIN-(4-BETA-8)-EPI-CATECHIN-(4-BETA-8)-CATECHIN 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EPI-CATECHIN-(4-BETA-8)-EPI-CATECHIN-3-O-GALLATE-(4-BETA-8)-CATECHIN 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EPICATECHIN 40 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EPICATECHIN 40 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EPICATECHIN-3-GALLATE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EPICATECHIN-3-GALLATE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EPICATECHIN-3-O-GALLATE 1 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EPICATECHIN-3-O-GALLATE 1 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EPSILON-VINIFERIN 4 Leaf not available 30900.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ERGOSTEROL 5 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ERUCIC-ACID 2 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-AMINE 0 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Fruit 5010.0 33898.0 -0.38 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
FAT 0 Seed 60000.0 200000.0 -0.34 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
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 *