Plant Citrus sinensis (Rutaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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
LUTEIN	15	Pericarp	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
LUTEOLIN-7-O-ALPHA-L-RHAMNO-GLUCOSIDE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
LUTEOLIN-7-O-BETA-D-RUTINOSIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
LUTEOXANTHINS	0	Fruit	0.0	6.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LYCOPENE	16	Pericarp	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
LYSINE	4	Fruit	470.0	3548.0	-0.15	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MAGNESIUM	65	Fruit	98.0	1075.0	-0.49	Duke, 1992 *
MALIC-ACID	15	Fruit	600.0	2000.0	-0.82	Duke, 1992 *
MALONIC-ACID	1	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MALONIC-ACID	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Fruit	0.0	8.0	-0.35	Duke, 1992 *
MANNOSE	3	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MERANZINE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MERCURY	1	Fruit	0.0	0.0	-0.79	Duke, 1992 *
METHANOL	2	Fruit Juice	0.8	80.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
METHIONINE	15	Fruit	200.0	1510.0	0.68	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
METHYL-BUTYRATE	2	Fruit Juice	0.0	0.1	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-N-METHYL-ANTHRANILATE	0	Fruit	0.0	0.1	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MEVALONIC-ACID	0	Fruit	not available	0.5	-0.61	Jim Duke's personal files.
MEVALONIC-ACID	0	Pericarp	not available	6.0	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.

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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
Antitinnitic	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antitrichinosic	1	Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Antitriglyceride	3	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antitrypanosomic	2	Planta Medica, 57: A44, 1991.
Antitubercular	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor	20	Zheng, G-Q., Kenney, P.M., and Lam, L.K.T. Sesquiterpenes From Clove (Eugenia caryophyllata) As Potential Anticarcinogenic Agents. Journal of Natural Products 55(7): 999-1003, 1992.
Antitumor (Bladder)	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (brain)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Breast)	9	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Cervix)	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (CNS)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon crypts)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon)	7	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Esophagus)?	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitumor (Forestomach)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Gastric)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Liver)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung)	6	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Mouth)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Ovary)	1	Duke, 1992 *