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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
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OPCS 25 Leaf 170.0 640.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
OXALIC-ACID 9 Fruit not available 34.0 -0.30 Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 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.
P-COUMAROYL-CIS-TARTRATE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMAROYL-TRANS-TARTRATE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID 13 Hull Husk not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID 13 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID 13 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PAEONIDIN 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PAEONIDIN-3-(6-P-COUMAROYLGLUCOSIDE) 0 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.
PAEONIDIN-3-5,-DIGLUCOSIDE 0 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.
PAEONIDIN-3-CAFFEOYLGLUCOSIDE 0 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.
PAEONIDIN-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 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.
PAEONIDIN-3-O-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Bruneton, J. 1999. Pharmacognosy, Phytochemistry, Medicinal Plants. 2nd Ed. Lavoisier Publishing, Paris. 1119 pp.
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Fruit 1620.0 8333.0 -0.24 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Seed 3300.0 11000.0 -0.47 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Seed Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID-BUTYL-ESTER 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PANTOTHENIC-ACID 11 Fruit 0.2 1.3 -1.07 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Prooxidant 11 Duke, 1992 *
Propecic 7 Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandigenic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandin-Sparer 1 Fujita, T., Nakatani, E., Funaishi, N., Sakuma, S., Fujimoto, Y. Potent inhibition of prostaglandin inactivation in rabbit gastric antral mucosal slices by selenium ions in-vitro. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 655-657, 1990.
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor 6 Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandin-Synthetase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Protease-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor 3 Naim, M., Zehavi, U., Nagy, S., and Rouseff, R.L. Hydroxycinnamic Acids as Off-Flavor Precursors in Citrus Fruits and Their Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.14.
Protisticide 5 Martindale's 29th
Psychotropic 1 Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
PTK-Inhibitor 4 Duke, 1992 *
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer 8 Duke, 1992 *
Radioprotective 1 Duke, 1992 *
Refrigerant 1 Martindale's 28th
Renotoxic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Respirodepressant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Retinoprotectant Optometry 1 Duke, 1992 *
Reverse-Transcriptase-Inhibitor 1 McKenna, D. J., Hughes, K., and Jones, K. 2000. Green Tea Monograph. Alternative Therapies, 6(3): 61-82.
Roborant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Rodenticide 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.