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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
NEROL-6-O-BETA-D-APIOFURANOSYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Fruit Juice *
NEROL-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Fruit Juice *
NIACIN 39 Fruit 3.0 15.4 -0.61 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
NIACIN 39 Stem Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
NICKEL 3 Fruit 0.0 0.8 -0.55 *
NITROGEN 0 Fruit 1100.0 7220.0 -0.52 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
NONACOSANE 2 Fruit ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
NONANAL 0 Seed *
NUCLEOTIDE-PYROPHOSPHATASE 0 Root *
O-HYDROXYBENZOIC-ACID 0 Hull Husk List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
OBTUSIFOLIOL 0 Stem *
OCTAN-1-OL 0 Stem *
OENIN 0 Pericarp Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
OENIN 0 Petiole *
OLEANOLIC-ACID 64 Leaf Wax List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
OLEANOLIC-ACID 64 Pericarp *
OLEANOLIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER 1 Leaf *
OLEANOLIC-ALDEHYDE 0 Stem *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Plant 230.0 1183.0 -0.71 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed 22200.0 74000.0 -0.37 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
MAO-Inhibitor 3 *
MAPK-Inhibitor 2 *
Mast-Cell-Stabilizer 1 *
Memorigenic 1 *
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 *
Metalloproteinase-Inhibitor 2 *
Metastatic 1 Science News, 146: 421.
Mitotic 1 Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
MMP-9-Inhibitor 3 *
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 *
Mosquitocide 1 *
Mosquitofuge 2 *
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 *
Mycobactericide 3 *