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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.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
HEXANOL 3 Fruit Juice 0.0 0.2 not available Duke, 1992 *
HISTIDINE 7 Fruit 180.0 1359.0 -0.25 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
HORDENINE 8 Fruit not available 0.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
HYDROXYPROLINE 1 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
ICHANGIN-17-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Seed not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
IRON 6 Fruit 1.0 8.0 -0.50 Duke, 1992 *
ISOCAPROIC-ACID 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOLEUCINE 3 Fruit 250.0 1888.0 -0.53 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ISOLUTEIN 0 Pericarp not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
ISOPENTENYL-PSORALENS 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOPRENE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
ISORHOIFOLIN 0 Flower not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
ISORHOIFOLIN 0 Pericarp not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOSAKURANETIN 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOSINENSETIN 0 Pericarp not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
JASMONIC-ACID 0 Fruit not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
LEAD 0 Fruit 0.0 1.1 -0.43 Duke, 1992 *
LEUCINE 2 Fruit 230.0 1136.0 -0.84 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LIMONENE 60 Fruit 8300.0 9700.0 0.64 Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE 60 Fruit Juice 1.0 278.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiretinopathic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiretinotic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antirheumatalgic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antirheumatic 8 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Antirheumatitic? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antirhinitic 2 Martindale's 29th
AntiRNA 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antisalmonella 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antischizophrenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiscoliotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiscorbutic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiscotomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiseborrheic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiseptic 28 Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
Antiserotonergic 1 Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Antiserotonin 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antishingles 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antishock 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antisickling 4 Ekeke, G.I. and Shode, F.O. 1988. Phenylalanine is the Predominant Antisickling Agent in Cajanus cajan Seed Extract. Planta Medica 56(1): 41, 1990.
Antisilicotic 1 Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.