Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Citrus sinensis (Rutaceae)

Common Names
Orange
How this plant is used
Food

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
(E)-BETA-OCIMENE 0 Fruit 0.7 1.0 -0.80 *
(Z)-BETA-OCIMENE 0 Fruit 2.0 3.0 -0.66 *
2'-TRANS-O-FERULOYL-GALACTARIC-ACID 0 Pericarp Jim Duke's personal files.
2'-TRANS-O-P-COUMAROYL-GALACTARIC-ACID 0 Pericarp Jim Duke's personal files.
2'-TRANS-O-P-COUMAROYL-GLUCARIC-ACID 0 Pericarp Jim Duke's personal files.
2,4-TRANS,TRANS-O-FERULOYL-GLUCARIC-ACID 0 Pericarp *
2,4-TRANS-TRANS-O-DIFERULOYL-GLUCARIC-ACID 0 Pericarp Jim Duke's personal files.
2-(METHYL-AMINO)-BENZYL-ALCOHOL 0 Pericarp Essent. Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
2-METHYL-1-PROPANOL 0 Fruit Juice 0.0 0.1 *
2-METHYL-5-(1-METHYL-ETHENYL)-PYRIDINE 0 Pericarp Essent. Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
2-METHYL-5-PHENYL-PYRIDINE 0 Pericarp Essent. Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
2-PENTYLPYRIDINE 0 Pericarp Essent. Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
2-PHENYL-PYRIDINE 0 Pericarp Essent. Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
2-TRANS-O-FERULOYL-GLUCARIC-ACID 0 Pericarp Jim Duke's personal files.
3,3',4,5,6,7,8-HEPTAMETHOXY-FLAVONE 0 Fruit Jim Duke's personal files.
3,3',4,5,6,7,8-HEPTAMETHOXY-FLAVONE 0 Fruit Juice Jim Duke's personal files.
3-(4-METHYL-HEXYL)-PYRIDINE 0 Pericarp Essent. Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
3-(4-METHYL-PHENYL)-PYRIDINE 0 Pericarp Essent. Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
3-(BUT-TRANS-1-ENYL)-PYRIDINE 0 Pericarp Essent. Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
3-BUTYL-PYRIDINE 0 Pericarp Essent. Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
(+)-Inotropic 1 (View) Bruneton, J. 1999. Pharmacognosy, Phytochemistry, Medicinal Plants. 2nd Ed. Lavoisier Publishing, Paris. 1119 pp.
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 5 (View) *
5-HT-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Abortifacient 1 (View) *
Acaricide 8 (View) *
Acarifuge 1 (View) *
ACE-Inhibitor 5 (View) *
Acetylcholinergic 1 (View) *
AChE-Inhibitor 1 (View) Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Acidulant 2 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Addictive 1 (View) Science News, 145: 294.
Additive 1 (View) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Adenosine-Antagonist 1 (View) McKenna, D. J., Hughes, K., and Jones, K. 2000. Green Tea Monograph. Alternative Therapies, 6(3): 61-82.
Adjuvant 1 (View) Merck 11th Edition
Adrenergic 1 (View) Merck 11th Edition
Aggregant 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 17 (View) *