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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
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
CATECHIN 43 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CATECHOL-OXIDASE 0 Fruit not available not available not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
CEPHALIN 1 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Fruit not available 1400.0 0.12 Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHOLESTEROL 1 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM 24 Fruit 0.0 0.4 -0.45 Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM 24 Stem not available 9.0 0.47 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
CINNAMALDEHYDE 60 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMIC-ACID 18 Fruit not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CIS-CAFFEIC-ACID 0 Fruit not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CIS-CAFTARIC-ACID 0 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-COUTARIC-ACID 0 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-PICEID 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-RESVERATROL 3 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CITRIC-ACID 23 Fruit not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CITRIC-ACID 23 Leaf not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CITRONELLOL 15 Leaf 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
Myoprotective 1 Duke, 1992 *
Myorelaxant 6 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
NADH-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
NADH-Ubiquinone-Oxidoreductase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Narcotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Natriuretic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Nematicide 10 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Neoplastic 1 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
NEP-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Nephrotoxic 5 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Neuroexcitant 1 Martindale's 28th
Neuroinhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Neuroprotective 5 Duke, 1992 *
Neurotoxic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Neurotransmitter 2 Duke, 1992 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor 6 Duke, 1992 *
NO-Genic 3 Duke, 1992 *
NO-Inhibitor 7 Duke, 1992 *
NO-Scavenger 1 Duke, 1992 *
NO-Synthase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *