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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
ENOMELANIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ENOTANNIN 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EPI-CATECHIN-(4-BETA-6)-EPI-CATECHIN-(4-BETA-8)-CATECHIN 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EPI-CATECHIN-(4-BETA-6)-EPI-CATECHIN-(4-BETA-8)-EPI-CATECHIN 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EPI-CATECHIN-(4-BETA-8)-EPI-CATECHIN-(4-BETA-6)-CATECHIN 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EPI-CATECHIN-(4-BETA-8)-EPI-CATECHIN-(4-BETA-6)-EPI-CATECHIN 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EPI-CATECHIN-(4-BETA-8)-EPI-CATECHIN-(4-BETA-8)-CATECHIN 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EPI-CATECHIN-(4-BETA-8)-EPI-CATECHIN-3-O-GALLATE-(4-BETA-8)-CATECHIN 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EPICATECHIN 40 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EPICATECHIN 40 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EPICATECHIN-3-GALLATE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EPICATECHIN-3-GALLATE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EPICATECHIN-3-O-GALLATE 1 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EPICATECHIN-3-O-GALLATE 1 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EPSILON-VINIFERIN 4 Leaf not available 30900.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ERGOSTEROL 5 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ERUCIC-ACID 2 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-AMINE 0 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Fruit 5010.0 33898.0 -0.38 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
FAT 0 Seed 60000.0 200000.0 -0.34 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
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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 *