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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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
CHOLESTEROL 1 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHOLINE 20 Fruit 70.0 160.0 -0.57 Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM 24 Fruit 0.0 0.4 -0.45 Duke, 1992 *
CIS-SABINENE-HYDRATE 0 Fruit not available 0.1 -0.71 Duke, 1992 *
CITFLAVANONE 0 Root not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CITFLAVANONE 0 Root Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CITRABASINE 0 Root Bark not available 14.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CITRACRIDONE-I 0 Root Bark not available 400.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CITRIC-ACID 23 Fruit 5600.0 9800.0 -0.49 Duke, 1992 *
CITRONELLAL 20 Fruit 4.0 5.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
CITRONELLOL 15 Fruit 0.7 1.0 -0.51 Duke, 1992 *
CITRONELLYL-ACETATE 2 Fruit 0.0 0.1 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
CITRUNOBIN 0 Root Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CITRUSIN-II 0 Fruit not available 40.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CITRUSIN-III 0 Fruit not available 13.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CITRUSIN-IV 0 Fruit not available 6.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CITRUSININE-I 0 Root Bark not available 80.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CITRUSININE-II 0 Root Bark not available 40.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CITRUSINS 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
COBALT 2 Fruit 0.0 0.1 -0.53 Duke, 1992 *
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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 *