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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
DIHYDROKAEMPFEROL-4'-METHYL-ETHER-7-O-RHAMNOSIDE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
DIOSMETIN-7-O-ALPHA-L-RHAMNO-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
DIOSMIN 34 Flower not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
DIOSMIN 34 Pericarp not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DODECANAL 2 Fruit 5.0 20.0 0.99 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ELEMOL 2 Root Bark not available 28200.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
EO 0 Fruit 7500.0 10000.0 -0.63 Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
EO 0 Pericarp 15000.0 20000.0 1.28 Duke, 1992 *
EPOXY-NOOTKATONE 0 Pericarp not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EPOXY-NOOTKATONE 0 Pericarp Essent. Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
EPOXY-VALENCENE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EPOXY-VALENCENE 0 Pericarp Essent. Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
ERIOCITRIN 0 Flower not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
ERIOCITRIN 0 Pericarp not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
ETA-CAROTENE 0 Pericarp not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ETHANOL 24 Fruit Juice 64.0 900.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-ACETATE 6 Fruit Juice 0.0 0.6 not available Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-BUTYRATE 1 Fruit Juice 0.1 1.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-SUBERENOL 0 Root Bark not available 700.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
ETROGOL 0 Root not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
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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 *