GRAPEFRUIT GRAPE SEED

GRAPEFRUIT (Citrus x paradisi Macfad.) ++

Activities (Grapefruit) :
Antioxidant (1; JNU); Antinitrosaminic (1; JNU); Antiseptic (1; DAD); Aperitif (1; WO2); Cardiotonic (1; DAD); Detoxicant (1; JNU); Hypocholesterolemic (1; JNU); Sedative (1; DAD); Stomachic (1; DAD).

Indications (Grapefruit) :
Anorexia (1; WO2); Bacteria (1; DAD); BPH (1; DAD); Cacoethes (f; JLH); Cancer (1; DAD); Cancer, breast (1; JNU); Cancer, colon (1; JNU); Cancer, prostate (1; DAD); Cancer, lung (1; JNU); Cancer, skin (1; JNU); Cancer, throat (1; FNF; JLH); Candida (1; DAD); Cold (1; DAD); Diabetes (1; DAD); Dysuria (1; DAD); Fungus (1; DAD); High Cholesterol (1; JNU); Infection (1; DAD); Insomnia (1; DAD);  ycobacterium (1; DAD); Mycosis (1; DAD); Nervousness (1; DAD); Pseudomonas (1; DAD); Rheumatism (1; DAD); Staphylococcus (1; DAD); Yeast (1; DAD).

Contraindications, Interactions, and Side Effects (Grapefruit) :
Not covered (AHP; KOM; PHZ). The fruit and juice can potentiate many drugs dramatically and sometimes dangerously wit poisonous pharmaceuticals  with narrow therapeutic ranges. This potential should be studied and standardized to lower required dosages of those noted pharmaceuticals.


GRAPE SEED (Vitis vinifera L.) ++

Activities (Grape Seed) :
Antiaggregant (1; FNF); Antiallergic (1; FNF); Antialzheimeran (1; COX; FNF); Antianaphylactic (1; FNF); Antiarthritic (1; COX; FNF); Antiasthmatic (1; FNF); Antiatherogenic (1; FNF); Antibacterial (1; FNF); Anticancer (1; COX; FNF); Anticapillary Fragility (1; FNF); Anticariogenic (1; APA); Antiedemic (1; FNF); Antierythemic (1; FNF); Antihistaminic (1; FNF); Anti-HIV (1; FNF); Antiinflammatory (1; COX; FNF); Antimutagenic (1; FNF; MB); Antioxidant; (1; APA; FNF; MB); Antiprostaglandin (1; FNF); Antiseptic (1; FNF); Antiulcer (1; FNF); Antiviral (1; FNF); Cardioprotective (1; FNF); Collagen Protective (1; APA); COX-1 Inhibitor (1; FNF); COX-2 Inhibitor (1; COX; FNF); Fungicide (1; FNF); Hemostat (1; FNF); Hepatoprotective (1; FNF); Hypocholesterolemic (1; FNF); Immunostimulant (1; FNF); Sunscreen (1; FNF); Vasoprotective (1; APA).

Indications (Grape Seed) :
Allergy (1; FNF); Alzheimers (1; COX; FNF); Anaphylaxis (1; FNF); Arthrosis (1; COX; FNF); Asthma (1; FNF); Atherosclerosis (1; FNF); Bacteria (1; FNF); Bleeding (1; FNF); Cancer (1; COX; FNF; MB); Capillary Fragility (1; FNF; MB); Cardiopathy (1; FNF); Caries (1; FNF; MB); Edema (1; FNF); Fungus (1; FNF); Hepatosis (1; FNF); High Cholesterol (1; FNF); HIV (1; FNF); Gastrosis (1; FNF); Gout (1; FNF); Immunodepression (1; FNF); Infection (1; FNF); Inflammation (1; COX; FNF); Maculosis (1; FNF); Mycosis (1; FNF); Nyctalopia (1; FNF); Retinosis (1; FNF); Sunburn (1; FNF); Swelling (1; FNF); Telangiectasis (1; FNF; MB); Ulcer (1; FNF); Varicosis (1; FNF; MB); Virus (1; FNF); Wound (1; FNF); Wrinkle (1; FNF).

Dosages (Grape Seed) :
75 - 600 mg seed extract (or pycnogenol)/day for up to 3 weeks; maintenance dose 40 - 100 mg/day (APA, PH2).

Contraindications, Interactions, and Side Effects (Grape Seed) :
In general, agricultural selection breeds out some of the natural pesticides, such as resveratrol, which also have many interesting biological activities. The recent ACS book, Wine, Nutritional and Therapeutic Benefits, heaps praise on resveratrol, failing to tell us that there is 10 - 100 times more in the leaves, and I suspect seeds, than in the fruit pulp and wines. The seeds have only recently come to the market and clinical trials are few and far between. On the other hand, the fruits contain more than 30 types of anthocyanins. Small wonder that grapejuice has four times the ORAC score of any other fruit juice studied (JNU).