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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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antigallstone 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antigastric 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antigastritic 5 Martindale's 29th
Antigastrotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigingivitic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiglaucomic 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antigliomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiglossitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiglutamaergic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiglycosuric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigonadotrophic 2 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antigonadotropic 2 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antigout 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigranular 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigrey 1 Martindale's 29th
AntiGTF 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihalitosic 1 American Health, 12(4): 17, 1993.
Antihangover 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antiheartburn 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihelicobacter 2 Duke, 1992 *