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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
HEPTACOSAN-1-OL 0 Root *
HEXOKINASE 0 Fruit ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
HIRSUTRIN 0 Leaf *
HISTIDINE 7 Fruit 240.0 1235.0 -0.33 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
HYDROXY-CITRONELLOL 0 Essential Oil *
HYPEROSIDE 30 Leaf *
INOSITOL 8 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
IRON 6 Fruit 1.5 154.0 0.08 *
IRON 6 Stem 900.0 0.16 *
ISOAMYL-AMINE 0 Fruit Juice *
ISOBUTYL-AMINE 0 Fruit Juice *
ISOCHLOROGENIC-ACID 4 Fruit 200.0 -1.00 *
ISOLEUCINE 3 Fruit 50.0 257.0 -1.02 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ISOQUERCITRIN 22 Leaf *
ISOVITILAGIN 0 Leaf 163.0 *
JASMONIC-ACID 0 Bud *
JU 0 Plant *
KAEMPFEROL 75 Fruit 2.0 -0.58 *
KAEMPFEROL 75 Leaf *
KAEMPFEROL-3-MONOGLUCOSIDE 0 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Odontolytic 1 Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 10 Hagerman, A.E. Tannin-Protein Interactions. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.19.
Osteogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Osteolytic 1 *
Ovicide 1 *
Oviposition-Stimulant 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ovulant 1 *
Oxidant 2 Larson, R.A. 1987. Review Article Number 30. The Antioxidants of Higher Plants. Phytochemistry. 27: 969-978.
Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ozone-Scavenger 1 *
P450-Inducer 3 *
P450-Inhibitor 1 Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
PAF-Inhibitor 2 *
Pancreatogenic 2 *
Paralytic 1 *
Parasiticide 1 Martindale's 29th
Percutaneostimulant 2 Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990.
Perfumery 14 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Peristaltic 2 *
Peroxynitrite-Scavenger 2 *