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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
NOOTKATONE 3 Pericarp Essent. Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
NORDENTATIN 1 Root Bark 300.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
OBACUNONE 3 Seed Jim Duke's personal files.
OBACUNONE-17-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Seed Jim Duke's personal files.
OBACUNONE-GLUCOSIDE 0 Fruit Juice Jim Duke's personal files.
OCTADECADIENOIC-ACID 0 Pericarp Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
OCTAN-1-AL 0 Fruit Jim Duke's personal files.
OCTANAL 0 Fruit 12.0 14.0 -0.61 *
OCTANAL 0 Fruit Juice 0.0 0.3 -1.00 *
OCTANOL 0 Fruit 0.0 0.1 -0.71 *
OCTOPAMINE 0 Fruit 0.0 1.0 -1.00 *
OCTYL-ACETATE 0 Fruit 10.0 -0.71 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
OLEIC-ACID 18 Fruit 20.0 1510.0 -0.47 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
OSTHOL 15 Root Jim Duke's personal files.
OSTHOLE 4 Root *
OXALIC-ACID 9 Fruit 87.0 -0.30 Watt, J.M. and Breyer-Brandwijk, M.G. 1962. The Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of Southern and Eastern Africa. E. & S. Livingstone, Ltd. Edinburg & London. 1457 pp.
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Fruit 5.0 17.0 -0.69 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Fruit Juice Jim Duke's personal files.
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Pericarp 5.0 75.0 1.00 *
P-CYMENE 16 Fruit 3590.0 4070.0 -0.04 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Disinfectant 1 Martindale's 29th
Diuretic 14 *
DME-Inhibitor 2 Advance in Chinese Medicinal Materials Research. 1985. Eds. H. M. Chang, H. W. Yeung, W. -W. Tso and A. Koo. World Scientific Publishing Co., Philadelphia Pa., page 134.
DNA-Active 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
DNA-Protective 1 *
Dye 3 Merck 11th Edition
Embryotoxic 3 *
Emetic 3 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Sep-97.
Emmenagogue 2 Wealth of India.
Encephalopathic 1 Martindale's 29th
Energizer 2 *
Enterocontractant 1 J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.
Enterorelaxant 1 J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.
Enterotoxic 1 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Ergogenic 1 *
Ergotamine-Enhancer 1 Martindale's 29th
ERK-1-Inhibitor 1 *
ERK-2-Inhibitor 1 *
Erythrocytogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Essential 8 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.