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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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
5,8-EPOXY-5,5',8-TETRAHYDRO-BETA,BETA-CAROTEN-3,3',5',6'-TETROL 0 Plant *
5,8-EPOXY-5,8-DIHYDRO-10'-APO-BETA-CAROTEN-3,10'-DIOL 0 Fruit Juice Jim Duke's personal files.
5,8-EPOXY-5,8-DIHYDRO-8'-APO-BETA-CAROTEN-3,10-DIOL 0 Fruit Juice *
5-ACETYL-2-METHYL-PYRIDINE 0 Pericarp Essent. Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
5-HEXYL-2-METHYL-PYRIDINE 0 Pericarp Essent. Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
6,7-DIMETHOXYCOUMARIN 1 Bark 162.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
ABSCISIC-ACID 0 Tissue Culture Jim Duke's personal files.
ACETALDEHYDE 6 Fruit Juice 3.0 15.0 1.00 *
ACETIC-ACID 16 Plant *
ALANINE 3 Fruit 30.0 3775.0 0.03 *
ALPHA-BERGAMOTENE 0 Fruit 6.0 -1.00 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALPHA-CAROTENE 7 Fruit 0.2 1.9 -0.27 *
ALPHA-CAROTENE 7 Pericarp Jim Duke's personal files.
ALPHA-COPAENE 0 Fruit 0.7 1.0 -0.69 *
ALPHA-COPAENE 0 Pericarp *
ALPHA-COPAENE 0 Pericarp Essent. Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
ALPHA-CUBEBENE 0 Fruit 0.7 1.0 -0.62 *
ALPHA-HUMULENE 2 Fruit 0.0 0.1 -0.60 *
ALPHA-HYDROXY-CAROTENE 0 Pericarp Jim Duke's personal files.
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID 15 Fruit 70.0 528.0 -0.91 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
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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 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 5 *
5-HT-Inhibitor 1 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 2 *
Abortifacient 1 *
Acaricide 8 *
Acarifuge 1 *
ACE-Inhibitor 5 *
Acetylcholinergic 1 *
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 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 17 *