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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
PROLINE 0 Fruit 60.0 3473.0 -0.15 Duke, 1992 *
PROPIONIC-ACID 6 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Fruit 9260.0 78000.0 -0.42 Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETAGETIN 8 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
QUERCETIN 176 Fruit not available 3.4 -0.79 Jim Duke's personal files.
QUINIC-ACID 1 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Fruit 0.0 3.0 -0.43 Duke, 1992 *
RUBIDIUM 0 Fruit 0.1 7.7 -0.85 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
RUTIN 87 Leaf not available 9000.0 -0.45 Jim Duke's personal files.
RUTIN 87 Pericarp not available 6100.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
SABINENE 5 Fruit 11.0 13.0 -0.53 Duke, 1992 *
SABINENE 5 Fruit Juice 0.0 0.2 not available Duke, 1992 *
SALICYLATES 7 Fruit 0.0 200.0 0.24 Duke, 1992 *
SCOPARONE 22 Bark not available 162.5 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
SCUTELLAREIN 7 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SCUTELLAREIN 7 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
SELENIUM 60 Fruit 0.0 0.0 -0.39 Duke, 1992 *
SERINE 1 Fruit 40.0 2410.0 -0.44 Duke, 1992 *
SESELIN 3 Root not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
SESLIN 0 Root not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Bradycardiac 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Bronchoprotectant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Bronchorelaxant 2 Duke, 1992 *
Bruchifuge 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Bruchiphobe 3 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Calcium-Antagonist 8 Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker 1 Duke, 1992 *
Calmodulin-Antagonist 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor 4 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Cancer-Preventive 46 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide 15 Martindale's 28th
Candidistat 3 Duke, 1992 *
Capillariprotective 3 Martindale's 29th
Carcinogenic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Cardiac 2 Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Cardiodepressant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cardiomyopathogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Cardioprotective 11 Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotonic 3 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.