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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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
TARTARIC-ACID 6 Fruit 15.0 20.0 -0.66 *
TARTARIC-ACID 6 Leaf *
TARTARIC-ACID-CAFFEOYL-ESTER 0 Fruit 15.0 20.0 *
THIAMIN 31 Fruit 0.8 4.9 -0.06 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
THIAMIN 31 Stem 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 12.0 0.71 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
TITANIUM 0 Fruit 0.1 7.7 -0.58 *
TRANS-CAFFEIC-ACID 0 Fruit Jim Duke's personal files.
TRANS-CAFTARIC-ACID 0 Fruit Juice *
TRANS-COUTARIC-ACID 0 Fruit Juice *
TRANS-PICEID 0 Fruit *
TRANS-RESVERATROL 5 Fruit *
TRIACONTAN-1-OL 1 Root *
TRIACONTAN-1-OL-TRIDECANOATE 0 Root *
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 *
URSOLIC-ALDEHYDE 0 Stem *
VALINE 3 Fruit 180.0 926.0 -0.73 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Keratitigenic 1 *
Keratolytic 3 Martindale's 28th
Larvicide 2 *
Larvistat 8 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Laxative 7 *
Laxative? 2 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Sep-91.
Leptingenic 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
Leucocytogenic 2 *
Leukotriene-Inhibitor 2 *
Lipolytic 4 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Lipotropic 4 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Lipoxygenase-1-Inhibitor 1 *
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 17 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp.
Lithogenic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Litholytic 2 Martindale's 29th
Lubricant 4 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Lyase-Inhibitor 1 *
Lymphocytogenic 2 Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
Lymphokinetic 1 *
MAO-A-Inhibitor 2 *