different between grapefruit vs naringin

English

Etymology

Widely assumed to be a marketing term from grape +? fruit, an allusion to the supposed grapelike clusters of fruit on the tree, early 19th c. Ciardi proposes another theory: one of the pummelo's botanical names is Citrus grandis, meaning "great citrus [fruit]", due to the size of its fruit. A new pummelo variety might first have been called a "greatfruit", and through the process of dissimilation, the word came to be pronounced "grapefruit".

Pronunciation

• (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???e?p.f?u?t/

  (as grape + fruit, with stress on grape)

Noun

grapefruit (plural grapefruits or grapefruit)

1. The tree of the species Citrus paradisi, a hybrid of pomelo (Citrus maxima) and sweet orange.
2. The large spherical tart fruit produced by this tree.

   Synonyms: pomelo, shaddock, forbidden fruit

Synonyms

• (tree): grapefruit tree; Citrus × paradisi; Citrus sinensis × Citrus grandis, Citrus sinensis × Citrus maxima

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• grapefruit on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Citrus paradisi on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Citrus paradisi on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Grapefruits on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

References

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English grapefruit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??re?p.frut/
• Hyphenation: grape?fruit

Noun

grapefruit m (plural grapefruits, diminutive grapefruitje n)

1. grapefruit (tree of the species Citrus paradisi)
2. grapefruit (fruit produced by the tree of the species Citrus paradisi)

See also

• pompelmoes

French

Noun

grapefruit m (plural grapefruits)

1. (Switzerland) grapefruit

   Synonym: pamplemousse

English

Noun

naringin (uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry) The major flavonoid glycoside in grapefruit, giving the fruit its bitter taste, which is metabolized to the flavanone naringenin in humans.
   • 1996, R. Cohn, A.L. Cohn 8: The by-products of fruit processing, D. Arthey, P.R. Ashurst (editors), Fruit Processing, page 200,

     No interaction occurs between naringin and pectin and, therefore, grapefruit peel extract is not very turbid. The high naringin content of grapefruit peel extract often results in precipitation of naringin crystals in the concentrate.

   • 2009, Vincenzo Lattanzio, Paul A. Kroon, Stéphane Quideau, Dieter Treutter, Chapter 1: Plant Phenolics - Secondary Metabolites with Diverse Functions, Fouad Daayf, Vincenzo Lattanzio (editors), Recent Advances in Polyphenol Research, page 17,

     UV-C irradiation alters the levels of the flavanone naringin and the polymethoxyflavone tangeretin in the peel of Citrus aurantium fruits and this, in turn, reduces the growth of Penicillium digitatum on irradiated fruits.

   • 2013, Kimberly Mueller, Josh Hingst, The Athlete's Guide to Sports Supplements, unnumbered page,

     Naringin is the main cause of bitterness in some citrus fruits and is converted into naringenin in the body.

Derived terms

• isonaringin

Related terms

• naringenin