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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
PROCYANIDIN-B-5 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROCYANIDIN-B-6 1 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROCYANIDIN-B-7 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROCYANIDIN-B-8 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROCYANIDIN-B1,3'-O-GALLATE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROCYANIDIN-C-1 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROCYANIDIN-C-1 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROCYANIDIN-C-2 1 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROCYANIDIN-G 0 Pericarp not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROCYANIDINS 27 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROLINE 0 Fruit 220.0 1132.0 -0.79 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PROTEIN 0 Fruit 6350.0 35236.0 -1.00 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PROTEIN 0 Seed 70000.0 100000.0 -1.19 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
PROTEIN 0 Stem not available 89000.0 -0.71 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
PROTOCATECHUALDEHYDE 1 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROTOCATECHUALDEHYDE 1 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID 43 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROTOPECTINASE 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.
PTEROSTILBENE 19 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PUFA 4 Fruit 1690.0 8693.0 -0.22 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
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor 7 Duke, 1992 *
Tyrosine-Kinase-Inhibitor 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170.
Ubiquiot 11 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ulcerogenic 3 HerbalGram No. 20, page 9.
Uricosuric 5 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Urinary-Acidulant 1 Martindale's 29th
Urine-Acidifier 1 Martindale's 28th
Urine-Deodorant 1 Martindale's 29th
Uterorelaxant 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Uterosedative 1 Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Uterotonic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Uterotrophic 1 Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 227.1999.
Varroacide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Vasoactive 1 Duke, 1992 *
Vasoconstrictor 2 Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
Vasodilator 16 Duke, 1992 *
Vasopressor 4 Duke, 1992 *
Vasoprotective 1 Duke, 1992 *
VEGF-Inhibitor 4 Duke, 1992 *
Vermifuge 1 Duke, 1992 *