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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Citrus sinensis (Rutaceae)

Common Names
Orange
How this plant is used
Food

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
(E)-BETA-OCIMENE 0 Fruit 0.7 1.0 -0.80 *
(Z)-BETA-OCIMENE 0 Fruit 2.0 3.0 -0.66 *
2'-TRANS-O-FERULOYL-GALACTARIC-ACID 0 Pericarp Jim Duke's personal files.
2'-TRANS-O-P-COUMAROYL-GALACTARIC-ACID 0 Pericarp Jim Duke's personal files.
2'-TRANS-O-P-COUMAROYL-GLUCARIC-ACID 0 Pericarp Jim Duke's personal files.
2,4-TRANS,TRANS-O-FERULOYL-GLUCARIC-ACID 0 Pericarp *
2,4-TRANS-TRANS-O-DIFERULOYL-GLUCARIC-ACID 0 Pericarp Jim Duke's personal files.
2-(METHYL-AMINO)-BENZYL-ALCOHOL 0 Pericarp Essent. Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
2-METHYL-1-PROPANOL 0 Fruit Juice 0.0 0.1 *
2-METHYL-5-(1-METHYL-ETHENYL)-PYRIDINE 0 Pericarp Essent. Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
2-METHYL-5-PHENYL-PYRIDINE 0 Pericarp Essent. Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
2-PENTYLPYRIDINE 0 Pericarp Essent. Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
2-PHENYL-PYRIDINE 0 Pericarp Essent. Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
2-TRANS-O-FERULOYL-GLUCARIC-ACID 0 Pericarp Jim Duke's personal files.
3,3',4,5,6,7,8-HEPTAMETHOXY-FLAVONE 0 Fruit Jim Duke's personal files.
3,3',4,5,6,7,8-HEPTAMETHOXY-FLAVONE 0 Fruit Juice Jim Duke's personal files.
3-(4-METHYL-HEXYL)-PYRIDINE 0 Pericarp Essent. Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
3-(4-METHYL-PHENYL)-PYRIDINE 0 Pericarp Essent. Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
3-(BUT-TRANS-1-ENYL)-PYRIDINE 0 Pericarp Essent. Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
3-BUTYL-PYRIDINE 0 Pericarp Essent. Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antisindhis 1 *
Antispare-Tire 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antispasmodic 24 Fitoterapia No.59-1984.
Antispasmophilic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
AntiSpina-Bifida 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antistaphylococcic 8 *
Antisteatotic 1 *
Antistomatitic 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antistreptococcic 7 *
Antistress 5 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antistroke 3 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antisunburn 2 *
Antisuperoxidogenic 1 *
Antisyndrome-X 6 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antithiamin 2 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 69.
Antithrombic 2 *
Antithrombogenic 1 *
Antithromboxane 1 *
Antithyroid 2 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.