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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
BETULINIC-ACID 22 Root *
BIOTIN 4 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
BORON 4 Fruit 1.0 50.0 0.20 *
BREVILAGIN-I 0 Leaf 533.3 *
BROMINE 0 Fruit 1.0 -0.43 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
CADMIUM 3 Fruit 0.0 0.2 0.04 *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Fruit *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Leaf *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Root *
CAFFEOYL-TARTRATE 0 Fruit Jim Duke's personal files.
CAFFEOYLTARTARIC-ACID 3 Fruit Jim Duke's personal files.
CAFFEYLTARTARIC-ACID 0 Fruit *
CAFTARIC-ACID 3 Fruit *
CALCIUM 28 Fruit 92.0 4774.0 0.21 *
CALCIUM 28 Stem 17700.0 -0.11 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
CALCIUM-PECTATE 0 Leaf 69000.0 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
CAMPESTEROL 2 Plant Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
CAMPESTEROL 2 Seed *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Fruit 177700.0 914095.0 0.70 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
CATALASE 1 Fruit 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.
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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 *
Hypolipemic 1 *
Hypolipidemic 4 *
Hypotensive 22 Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
Hypothermic 2 *
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 *
ICAM-1-Inhibitor 2 *
IKB-kinase-Inhibitor 1 *
IKK-Inhibitor 1 *
Ileorelaxant 1 *
Immunomodulator 14 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Immunostimulant 17 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 124.