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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
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 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Pesticide 86 *
PGE2-Inhibitor 1 *
Phagocytotic 6 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 124.
Phospholipase-A2-Inhibitor 1 *
Phospholipase-Inhibitor 1 *
Photosensitizer 1 Rinzler, C. A. 1990. The Complete Book of Herbs, Spices and Condiments. Facts on File, New York. 199 pp.
Phytoalexin 6 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Phytohormonal 3 *
Pigment 8 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Piscicide 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Pituitary-Stimulant 1 *
PKC-Inhibitor 1 *
PKD-Inhibitor 1 *
Plasmodicide 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Polyamine-Synthesis-Inhibitor 1 *
Potassium-Sparing 1 Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.
Preservative 2 Merck 11th Edition
Previtamin-A 2 *
Prolactinogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Proliferant 2 *