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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
SUCROSE 14 Fruit not available 47000.0 -0.41 Duke, 1992 *
SUGARS 0 Fruit 39600.0 119800.0 -0.39 Duke, 1992 *
SULFUR 14 Fruit 46.0 1000.0 -0.29 Duke, 1992 *
SYNEPHRINE 5 Fruit 15.0 43.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SYNEPHRINE 5 Pericarp not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
TANGERETIN 15 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TANGERETIN 15 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
TANGERETIN 15 Pericarp not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
TAU-CAROTENE 0 Pericarp not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TERPINEN-4-OL 23 Fruit not available 0.1 -0.36 Duke, 1992 *
TERPINOLENE 9 Fruit 1.0 2.0 -0.75 Duke, 1992 *
TETRA-O-METHYL-SCUTELLAREIN 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TETRA-O-METHYL-SCUTELLAREIN 0 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
TETRADECANAL 0 Fruit 5.0 9.0 1.00 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
THIAMIN 31 Fruit 1.0 7.0 0.21 Duke, 1992 *
THREONINE 4 Fruit 150.0 1132.0 -0.78 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
THYMOL 71 Fruit 0.0 0.1 -0.71 Duke, 1992 *
TITANIUM 0 Fruit 0.1 3.9 -0.67 Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-2-HEXENAL 4 Pericarp not available not available not available Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
TRANS-2-HEXENOL 1 Fruit Juice 0.0 0.1 not available 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
Antiperiodontal 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiperiodontic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiperiodontitic 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiperistaltic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antipermeability 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiperoxidant 6 Planta Medica, 57: A54, 1991.
Antiperoxidative 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiperoxynitrite 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipharyngitic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiphenylketonuric 2 Martindale's 29th
Antiphotophobic 2 Martindale's 29th
Antipityriasic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiplaque 6 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiplasmodial 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiplatelet 2 Duke, 1992 *
AntiPMS 6 Duke, 1992 *
Antipneumonic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipodriac 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipolio 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipoliomyelitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.