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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
NOOTKATONE 3 Pericarp Essent. Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
NORDENTATIN 1 Root Bark not available 300.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
OBACUNONE 3 Seed not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
OBACUNONE-17-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Seed not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
OBACUNONE-GLUCOSIDE 0 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
OCTADECADIENOIC-ACID 0 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.
OCTAN-1-AL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
OCTANAL 0 Fruit 12.0 14.0 -0.61 Duke, 1992 *
OCTANAL 0 Fruit Juice 0.0 0.3 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
OCTANOL 0 Fruit 0.0 0.1 -0.71 Duke, 1992 *
OCTOPAMINE 0 Fruit 0.0 1.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
OCTYL-ACETATE 0 Fruit not available 10.0 -0.71 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
OLEIC-ACID 18 Fruit 20.0 1510.0 -0.47 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
OSTHOL 15 Root not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
OSTHOLE 4 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OXALIC-ACID 9 Fruit not available 87.0 -0.30 Watt, J.M. and Breyer-Brandwijk, M.G. 1962. The Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of Southern and Eastern Africa. E. & S. Livingstone, Ltd. Edinburg & London. 1457 pp.
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Fruit 5.0 17.0 -0.69 Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Pericarp 5.0 75.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENE 16 Fruit 3590.0 4070.0 -0.04 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 *