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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
TARTARIC-ACID 6 Fruit 15.0 20.0 -0.66 Duke, 1992 *
TARTARIC-ACID 6 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TARTARIC-ACID-CAFFEOYL-ESTER 0 Fruit 15.0 20.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN 31 Fruit 0.8 4.9 -0.06 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
THIAMIN 31 Stem not available 11.0 0.37 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
THREONINE 4 Fruit 180.0 926.0 -0.87 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
TIN 4 Stem not available 12.0 0.71 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
TITANIUM 0 Fruit 0.1 7.7 -0.58 Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-CAFFEIC-ACID 0 Fruit not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
TRANS-CAFTARIC-ACID 0 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-COUTARIC-ACID 0 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-PICEID 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-RESVERATROL 5 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRIACONTAN-1-OL 1 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRIACONTAN-1-OL-TRIDECANOATE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Fruit 30.0 154.0 -0.98 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
TYROSINE 8 Fruit 120.0 617.0 -0.75 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
URSOLIC-ACID 89 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
URSOLIC-ALDEHYDE 0 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VALINE 3 Fruit 180.0 926.0 -0.73 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
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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
Hypercholesterolemic 2 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
Hyperglycemic 3 Merck 11th Edition
Hypertensive 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Hypnotic 3 Schultes, R.E. De Plantis Toxicariis e Mundo Novo Tropicale Commentationes XXXVI. Justicia (Acanthaceae) as a Source of an Hallucinogenic Snuff. Economic Botany 44(1): 61-70, 1990.
Hypoammonemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypoarginanemic 1 Martindale's 29th
Hypocholesterolemic 27 Choi, J.S., Yokozawa,* T., and Oura, H. Antihyperlipidemic Effect Of Flavonoids From Prunus davidiana. Journal of Natural Products, 54(1): 218-224, 1991.
Hypoglycemic 19 Duke, 1992 *
Hypolipemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hypolipidemic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Hypotensive 22 Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
Hypothermic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Hypotriglyceridemic 1 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Hypouricemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
ICAM-1-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
IKB-kinase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
IKK-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Ileorelaxant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Immunomodulator 14 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Immunostimulant 17 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 124.