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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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
TARTARIC-ACID 6 Fruit 15.0 20.0 -0.66 *
TARTARIC-ACID 6 Leaf *
TARTARIC-ACID-CAFFEOYL-ESTER 0 Fruit 15.0 20.0 *
THIAMIN 31 Fruit 0.8 4.9 -0.06 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
THIAMIN 31 Stem 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 12.0 0.71 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
TITANIUM 0 Fruit 0.1 7.7 -0.58 *
TRANS-CAFFEIC-ACID 0 Fruit Jim Duke's personal files.
TRANS-CAFTARIC-ACID 0 Fruit Juice *
TRANS-COUTARIC-ACID 0 Fruit Juice *
TRANS-PICEID 0 Fruit *
TRANS-RESVERATROL 5 Fruit *
TRIACONTAN-1-OL 1 Root *
TRIACONTAN-1-OL-TRIDECANOATE 0 Root *
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 *
URSOLIC-ALDEHYDE 0 Stem *
VALINE 3 Fruit 180.0 926.0 -0.73 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Scabicide 1 Martindale's 29th
Schizophrenigenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Secretogogue 3 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Sedative 15 Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
Sequestrant 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Serotoninergic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Sialogogue 1 Martindale's 29th
Soap 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Sodium-Sparing 1 Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.
Spermicide 2 Martindale's 28th
Spermigenic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Sprout-Inhibitor 1 Duke, J.A.. Personal Communication.
Styptic 1 *
Succinoxidase-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Sunscreen 8 Lazarova*, G., Kostova, I., Neychev, H. 1992. Photodynamic damage prevention by some hydroxycoumarins. Fitoterapia 64(2): 134-136, 1993.
Suppository 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Sweetener 4 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Taenicide 1 Martindale's 28th
Teratogenic 2 *
Teratologic 2 *