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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
NARINGIN-7-O-ALPHA-L-RHAMNO-GLUCOSIDE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NARINGIN-7-O-ALPHA-L-RHAMNO-GLUCOSIDE 0 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
NARINGIN-GLUCOSIDE 0 Flower not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
NARIRUTIN 1 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
NARIRUTIN 1 Pericarp not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
NARIRUTIN-GLUCOSIDE 0 Flower not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
NARIRUTIN-GLUCOSIDE 0 Pericarp not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
NEO-BETA-CAROTENE 0 Pericarp not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
NEOCHROME-A 0 Pericarp not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
NEOCHROME-B 0 Pericarp not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
NEOERIOCITRIN 0 Flower not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
NEOHESPERIDIN 6 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
NEOHESPERIDIN 6 Pericarp not available 28000.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
NEOHESPERIDIN-DIHYDROCHALCONE 1 Pericarp not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
NEOPONCIRIN 0 Pericarp not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
NEOXANTHIN-A 0 Pericarp not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
NEOXANTHIN-B 0 Pericarp not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
NERAL 4 Fruit 4.0 5.0 -0.88 Duke, 1992 *
NEROL 10 Fruit 0.7 1.0 -0.55 Duke, 1992 *
NEROLIDOL 11 Flower not available not available not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
(+)-Inotropic 1 Bruneton, J. 1999. Pharmacognosy, Phytochemistry, Medicinal Plants. 2nd Ed. Lavoisier Publishing, Paris. 1119 pp.
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 5 Duke, 1992 *
5-HT-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Abortifacient 1 Duke, 1992 *
Acaricide 8 Duke, 1992 *
Acarifuge 1 Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor 5 Duke, 1992 *
Acetylcholinergic 1 Duke, 1992 *
AChE-Inhibitor 1 Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Acidulant 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Addictive 1 Science News, 145: 294.
Additive 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Adenosine-Antagonist 1 McKenna, D. J., Hughes, K., and Jones, K. 2000. Green Tea Monograph. Alternative Therapies, 6(3): 61-82.
Adjuvant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Adrenergic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Aggregant 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 17 Duke, 1992 *