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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
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Fruit 1300.0 6687.0 -0.26 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed 33000.0 110000.0 0.02 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINOLENIC-ACID 0 Seed Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LITHIUM 11 Fruit 0.1 0.3 -0.67 Duke, 1992 *
LUPEOL 21 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUPEOL 21 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUPEOL 21 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUTEIN 15 Fruit 0.7 7.0 -0.23 Duke, 1992 *
LUTEIN-5,6-EPOXIDE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUTEIN-5-8-EPOXIDE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUTEOLIN 78 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUTEOXANTHIN 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LYCOPENE 16 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LYSINE 4 Fruit 150.0 772.0 -0.87 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MAGNESIUM 65 Fruit 58.0 2310.0 0.08 Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Stem not available 4360.0 -0.17 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
MALIC-ACID 15 Fruit 1500.0 2000.0 -0.82 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
MALIC-ACID 15 Plant not available not available not available 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
MAO-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
MAPK-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Mast-Cell-Stabilizer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Memorigenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Memory-Enhancer 1 Science News, 138: 189, 1990.
Metal-Chelator 4 McEvily, A.J., Iyengar, R., and Gross, A.T. Inhibition of Polyphenol Oxidase by Phenolic Compounds. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.25.
Metal-Chelator (Copper) 3 Duke, 1992 *
Metalloproteinase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Metastatic 1 Science News, 146: 421.
Mitotic 1 Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
MMP-9-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
Monoamine-Precursor 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Monoaminergic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Mosquitocide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Mosquitofuge 2 Duke, 1992 *
Motor-Depressant 2 Buchbauer et al, e.g.Buchbauer et al,1993.Therapeutic properties of essential oils and fragrances. Chap.12 in Teranishi,R, Buttery,R.G and Sugisawa,H. Eds. Bioactive Volatile Compounds from Plants. ACS Symposium Series 525. Amer. Chem. Soc., Washington DC
Mucogenic 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mucolytic 2 Martindale's 29th
Mutagenic 6 Duke, 1992 *
Mycobactericide 3 Duke, 1992 *