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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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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
GERANIOL 35 Fruit 0.7 1.0 -0.61 *
GERANYL-ACETATE 5 Fruit 0.0 0.1 -0.94 *
GERANYL-OXY-PYRANOCOUMARIN 0 Root Jim Duke's personal files.
GIBBERELLIC-ACID 0 Fruit Jim Duke's personal files.
GLUCOSAN 0 Fruit *
GLUCOSE 7 Fruit 23600.0 -0.64 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Fruit 60.0 7097.0 -0.48 *
GLUTAMINE 5 Fruit 30.0 630.0 0.18 *
GLYCINE 12 Fruit 50.0 7097.0 1.35 *
HEPTAMETHOXY-FLAVONE 0 Fruit Juice Jim Duke's personal files.
HEPTANAL 0 Fruit 3.0 5.0 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
HEPTULOSE 0 Fruit *
HESPERIDIN 31 Flower Jim Duke's personal files.
HESPERIDIN 31 Fruit Jim Duke's personal files.
HESPERIDIN 31 Fruit Juice 110.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
HESPERIDIN 31 Pericarp 63500.0 0.39 Jim Duke's personal files.
HESPERIDIN-7-O-ALPHA-L-RHAMNO-GLUCOSIDE 0 Fruit *
HESPERIDIN-7-O-ALPHA-L-RHAMNO-GLUCOSIDE 0 Fruit Juice Jim Duke's personal files.
HEXANAL 5 Fruit 1.0 2.0 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
HEXANAL 5 Fruit Juice 0.0 0.7 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Cardiotoxic 1 *
Cardiovascular 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.
Carminative 4 Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994.
Caspase-8-Inducer 1 *
Catabolic 5 Abstract (See species file)
Cerebrotonic 1 *
cGMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Chemopreventive 10 *
Chemopreventive-Inhibitor 1 *
Cholagogue 3 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Choleretic 9 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.
Cholesterolytic 1 *
Cholinergic 3 *
Cicatrizant 1 *
Circulotonic 2 *
Clastogenic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Active 1 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
CNS-Depressant 7 Martindale's 28th
CNS-Inhibitor 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.
CNS-Paralytic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.