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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
VANILLIC-ACID 24 Hull Husk 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.
VANILLIC-ACID 24 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VANILLIC-ALDEHYDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VANILLIN 28 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VIOLAXANTHIN 2 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VIT-B-6 0 Fruit 1.0 6.0 -0.37 Duke, 1992 *
VITAMIN-B-6 0 Fruit 1.0 6.0 not available USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
VITILAGIN 0 Leaf not available 89.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
VITIS-ARABINOGALACTAN-PROTEIN-AG-P 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VITISPIRANE 0 Plant not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
VOMIFOLIOL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
WATER 0 Fruit 761000.0 897000.0 0.55 Duke, 1992 *
WATER 0 Stem not available 792000.0 0.21 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
XYLOSE 3 Fruit 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.
ZEATIN 2 Resin, Exudate, Sap not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ZEATIN-RIBOSIDE 0 Resin, Exudate, Sap not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ZEAXANTHIN 5 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ZINC 77 Fruit 0.4 27.0 -0.10 Duke, 1992 *
ZINC 77 Stem not available 75.0 -0.61 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
ZIRCONIUM 0 Fruit 0.4 1.5 -0.42 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
CYP1A1-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-1A2-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-Inducer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cytoprotective 2 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Cytotoxic 16 Duke, 1992 *
Deiodinase-Inhibitor 3 Jim Duke's personal files.
Deliriant 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Demulcent 1 Duke, 1992 *
Deodorant 2 Martindale's 29th
Depressant 1 Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
Dermatitigenic 5 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Detoxicant 4 Duke, 1992 *
Detoxicant (Alcohol) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Diagnostic 1 Martindale's 28th
Diaphoretic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Diaphoretic? 3 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90.
Differentiator 3 Duke, 1992 *
Disinfectant 1 Martindale's 29th
Diuretic 20 Duke, 1992 *
DME-Inhibitor 1 Advance in Chinese Medicinal Materials Research. 1985. Eds. H. M. Chang, H. W. Yeung, W. -W. Tso and A. Koo. World Scientific Publishing Co., Philadelphia Pa., page 134.