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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
5,8-EPOXY-5,5',8-TETRAHYDRO-BETA,BETA-CAROTEN-3,3',5',6'-TETROL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
5,8-EPOXY-5,8-DIHYDRO-10'-APO-BETA-CAROTEN-3,10'-DIOL 0 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
5,8-EPOXY-5,8-DIHYDRO-8'-APO-BETA-CAROTEN-3,10-DIOL 0 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
5-ACETYL-2-METHYL-PYRIDINE 0 Pericarp Essent. Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
5-HEXYL-2-METHYL-PYRIDINE 0 Pericarp Essent. Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
6,7-DIMETHOXYCOUMARIN 1 Bark not available 162.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
ABSCISIC-ACID 0 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
ACETALDEHYDE 6 Fruit Juice 3.0 15.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
ACETIC-ACID 16 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALANINE 3 Fruit 30.0 3775.0 0.03 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-BERGAMOTENE 0 Fruit not available 6.0 -1.00 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALPHA-CAROTENE 7 Fruit 0.2 1.9 -0.27 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CAROTENE 7 Pericarp not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
ALPHA-COPAENE 0 Fruit 0.7 1.0 -0.69 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-COPAENE 0 Pericarp not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-COPAENE 0 Pericarp Essent. Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
ALPHA-CUBEBENE 0 Fruit 0.7 1.0 -0.62 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-HUMULENE 2 Fruit 0.0 0.1 -0.60 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-HYDROXY-CAROTENE 0 Pericarp not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID 15 Fruit 70.0 528.0 -0.91 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
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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
Antialkalotic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiallergenic 2 Yakugaku Zasshi, 111: 193, 1991.
Antiallergic 12 Duke, 1992 *
Antialopecic 4 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antialzheimeran 8 Duke, 1992 *
Antialzheimeran? 2 Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Antiamblyopic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiamnesic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiamyloid-Beta 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antianaphylactic 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiandrogenic 4 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antianemic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antianginal 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiangiogenic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antianorectic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antianorexic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antianxiety 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiapertif 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiaphthic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiapneic 1 Martindale's 29th