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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
NERYL-ACETATE 5 Fruit 0.7 1.0 -0.72 Duke, 1992 *
NERYL-FORMATE 2 Fruit not available 10.0 -1.00 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
NEUROSPORIN 0 Pericarp not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
NIACIN 39 Fruit 2.0 31.0 -0.40 Duke, 1992 *
NICKEL 3 Fruit 0.0 0.6 -0.61 Duke, 1992 *
NICOTINIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER 0 Pericarp Essent. Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
NITROGEN 0 Fruit 500.0 13845.0 -0.05 Duke, 1992 *
NOBELITIN 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NOBILETIN 8 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NOBILETIN 8 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
NOBILETIN 8 Pericarp not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
NOMILIN 2 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
NOMILIN 2 Seed not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
NOMILIN-17-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Seed not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
NOMILINIC-ACID-17-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Seed not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
NOMILINIC-ACID-GLUCOSIDE 0 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
NONANAL 0 Fruit 3.0 4.0 -0.82 Duke, 1992 *
NONANOL 0 Fruit not available 10.0 not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
NOOTKATOL 2 Fruit not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
NOOTKATONE 3 Fruit not available 1.0 not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
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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
Antihematuric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihemolytic 2 Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994.
Antihemorrhagic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihemorrhoidal 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatitic 2 Martindale's 29th
Antihepatoadenomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatotic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihepatotoxic 11 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiherpetic 11 Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic? 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihiccup 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihistaminic 13 Duke, 1992 *
AntiHIV 8 Duke, 1992 *
Antihomocysteine 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihomocystinuric 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antihydrophobic 1 Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
Antihyperactivity 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antihyperammonemic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihypercholesterolemic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antihyperkeratotic 1 Duke, 1992 *