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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
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 *