An official website of the United States government.

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you've safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
  1. Home
  2. Vitis vinifera

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
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
Download these results as:
CSV
EXCEL
PDF
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
3-OXO-OLEAN-12-EN-28-OIC-ACID 0 Pericarp *
30-NOR-LUPAN-3-BETA-OL-20-ONE 0 Root *
4-HYDROXYBENZALDEHYDE 3 Leaf *
6-9-DIHYDROXY-MEGASTIGM-7-EN-3-ONE 0 Fruit *
9-HYDROXY-MEGASTIGM-4,6,7-TRIEN-3-ONE 0 Fruit Juice *
A-HEMICELLULOSE 0 Fruit ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
ABSCISSIC-ACID 3 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ACETIC-ACID 16 Fruit 1500.0 2000.0 -0.07 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ACETIC-ACID 16 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ACUMINOSIDE 0 Fruit Juice *
ALANINE 3 Fruit 280.0 1440.0 -0.89 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ALPHA-3-OXO-DAMASCONE 0 Fruit Juice *
ALPHA-3-OXO-IONONE 0 Fruit Juice *
ALPHA-AMYL-AMINE 0 Fruit Juice *
ALPHA-AMYRIN 10 Stem *
ALPHA-CAROTENE 7 Fruit *
ALPHA-HYDROXY-CAROTENE 0 Fruit *
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID 15 Fruit 390.0 2006.0 -0.24 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Leaf Essent. Oil 108000.0 1.32 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL 32 Fruit 6.0 31.0 -0.64 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
Download these results as:
CSV
EXCEL
PDF
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 *
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 *