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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
P-HYDROQUINONE 0 Root Bark 80.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Fruit 130.0 982.0 -0.35 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PALMITOLEIC-ACID 2 Fruit 30.0 226.0 -0.30 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PANTOTHENIC-ACID 11 Fruit 2.0 19.0 0.06 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PECTIN 24 Fruit 1300.0 5900.0 -0.56 *
PECTIN 24 Pericarp Jim Duke's personal files.
PECTINESTERASE 0 Fruit Jim Duke's personal files.
PERILLALDEHYDE 11 Fruit 2.0 -0.73 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
PHENYLALANINE 7 Fruit 310.0 2340.0 -0.34 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PHLORIN 0 Plant Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
PHOSPHORUS 4 Fruit 136.0 1980.0 -0.38 *
PHYLLOQUINONE 5 Fruit 0.0 -0.23 *
PHYTOENE 0 Fruit 0.0 2.0 *
PHYTOFLUENE 0 Fruit 0.0 4.0 -1.00 *
PHYTOFLUENE-A 0 Pericarp Jim Duke's personal files.
PHYTOFLUENE-B 0 Pericarp Jim Duke's personal files.
PHYTOSTEROLS 2 Fruit 240.0 -0.91 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
POLYGALACTURONIC-ACID 0 Fruit *
PONCITRIN 0 Root Jim Duke's personal files.
POTASSIUM 14 Fruit 1400.0 13772.0 -0.37 *
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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.