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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
LIMONEXIC-ACID 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LIMONIN 5 Bark not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
LIMONIN 5 Branches not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
LIMONIN 5 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LIMONIN 5 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
LIMONIN 5 Root not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
LIMONIN 5 Seed not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
LIMONIN 5 Twig not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
LIMONIN-17-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Seed not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
LIMONIN-GLUCOSIDE 0 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
LIMONOATE-A-RING-LACTONE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
LINALOL 0 Fruit 30.0 530.0 -0.55 Duke, 1992 *
LINALOL 0 Fruit Juice 0.2 4.7 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL 53 Fruit 30.0 530.0 -0.44 Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL 53 Fruit Juice 0.2 4.7 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Fruit 180.0 1359.0 -0.34 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LINOMIN 0 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
LITHIUM 11 Fruit 0.1 1.5 0.89 Duke, 1992 *
LOCHNOCARPOL-A 0 Root not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
LUTEIN 15 Fruit 0.0 3.0 -0.58 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
Antiporphyric 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiprogestational 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiprolactin 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiproliferant 13 Duke, 1992 *
Antiproliferative 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostaglandin 6 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostanoid 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatadenomic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antiprostatitic 8 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiprostatotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprotozoal 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipruritic 2 Martindale's 28th
Antipsoriac 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antipsychotic 3 Martindale's 29th
Antipurpuric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipyretic 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiradicular 15 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiRaynaud's 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiretardation 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiretinitic Optometry 1 Duke, 1992 *