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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
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
B-HEMICELLULOSE 0 Fruit not available not available not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
BARIUM 0 Fruit 0.7 15.4 -0.51 Duke, 1992 *
BENZOIC-ACID 20 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.
BENZYL-6-O-BETA-D-APIOFURANOSYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-ALCOHOL 9 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-ALCOHOL-6-O-L-ARABINOFURANOSYL-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-ALCOHOL-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-ALCOHOL-BETA-D-RUTINOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-3-OXO-DAMASCONE 0 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYRIN 9 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYRIN 9 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Fruit 0.5 2.1 -0.15 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Stem not available 43.0 -0.56 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
BETA-IONONE 13 Fruit not available not available not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
BETA-PHENYLETHANOL-6-BETA-D-ARABINOFURANOSYL-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PHENYLETHANOL-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PHENYLETHANOL-BETA-D-RUTINOSIDE 0 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Fruit 30.0 150.0 -0.60 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETAINE 14 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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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
Termiticide 2 Duke, 1992 *
Termitifuge 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Testosteronigenic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Thermogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Thymoprotective 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Tineacide 1 Martindale's 29th
Tissue-Thromboplastin-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
TNF-alpha-Inhibitor 5 Duke, 1992 *
TOPO-2-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Topoisomerase-I-Antagonist 1 Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 167.1999.
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor 5 Santti, R., Makela, S., Strauss, L., Korman, J., Kostian, M. L. 1998. Phytoestrogens: Potential Endocrine Disruptors in Males. Toxicol Ind Health, 14: 223-237.
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor 6 Duke, 1992 *
Toxic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Tranquilizer 4 Duke, 1992 *
Transdermal 2 Duke, 1992 *
Tremorigenic 1 Martindale's 28th
Trichomonicide 6 Martindale's 29th
Trypanocide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Tumor-Promoter 2 Duke, 1992 *
Tumorigenic 2 Jim Duke's personal files.