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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
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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
TARTARIC-ACID 6 Fruit 15.0 20.0 -0.66 Duke, 1992 *
TARTARIC-ACID 6 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TARTARIC-ACID-CAFFEOYL-ESTER 0 Fruit 15.0 20.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN 31 Fruit 0.8 4.9 -0.06 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
THIAMIN 31 Stem not available 11.0 0.37 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
THREONINE 4 Fruit 180.0 926.0 -0.87 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
TIN 4 Stem not available 12.0 0.71 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
TITANIUM 0 Fruit 0.1 7.7 -0.58 Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-CAFFEIC-ACID 0 Fruit not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
TRANS-CAFTARIC-ACID 0 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-COUTARIC-ACID 0 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-PICEID 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-RESVERATROL 5 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRIACONTAN-1-OL 1 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRIACONTAN-1-OL-TRIDECANOATE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Fruit 30.0 154.0 -0.98 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
TYROSINE 8 Fruit 120.0 617.0 -0.75 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
URSOLIC-ACID 89 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
URSOLIC-ALDEHYDE 0 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VALINE 3 Fruit 180.0 926.0 -0.73 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
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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
Antiatherogenic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiatheromic 1 Cerda, J.J. Pectin in Health and Disease. HortScience, 25(12): 1485, 1990.
Antiatherosclerotic 13 Duke, 1992 *
Antibackache 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial 53 Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994.
Antiberiberi 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antibiotic 2 Duke, 1992 *
AntiBPH 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antibronchitic 1 Dorsch, W., Wagner, H. New Antiasthmatic Drugs from Traditional Medicine? Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 94: 262-265, 1991.
Antibrucellosic 1 Gawron, A., Gorski*, G., Glowniak**, K. 1989. Increased proliferation of phytohaemagglutinin (PHA)-stimulated human leucocytes after 8-methoxypsoralen treatment. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 194-195, 1990.
Anticalculic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer 19 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Bladder) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Breast) 4 Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Anticancer (Cervix) 3 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Colon) 4 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Esophagus) 1 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Anticancer (Esophagus)? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticancer (Forestomach) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Kidney) 1 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.