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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
FARNESENE 2 Fruit 0.0 0.1 -1.00 *
FAT 0 Fruit 1100.0 16000.0 -0.52 *
FERULIC-ACID 61 Fruit 10.0 30.0 -0.76 *
FERULIC-ACID 61 Fruit Juice Jim Duke's personal files.
FERULIC-ACID 61 Pericarp 20.0 180.0 1.00 *
FERULOYL-PUTRESCINE 0 Fruit 0.0 5.0 1.00 *
FIBER 15 Fruit 3740.0 47000.0 -0.89 *
FLAVOXANTHIN 0 Pericarp Jim Duke's personal files.
FLUORINE 0 Fruit 0.0 0.8 -0.59 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
FOLACIN 15 Fruit 0.0 2.0 -0.02 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
FR 0 Juice *
FRUCTOSE 8 Fruit 23800.0 -0.56 *
GALACTAN 0 Fruit *
GALACTOSE 1 Fruit *
GALACTURONIC-ACID 0 Fruit *
GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC-ACID 22 Fruit 40.0 730.0 -0.28 *
GAMMA-CADINENE 0 Fruit 1.0 2.0 -0.91 *
GAMMA-TERPINENE 11 Fruit 1.0 2.0 -0.65 *
GAMMA-TERPINENE 11 Fruit Juice 0.0 0.5 -1.00 *
GERANIAL 13 Fruit 6.0 7.0 -1.00 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Gram(-)icide 1 *
GST-Inducer 1 *
Hematopoietic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Hemolytic 1 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Hemopoietic 1 *
Hemostat 4 *
Hemostatic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Hepatocarcinogenic 1 *
Hepatomagenic 2 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp.
Hepatoprotective 14 *
Hepatotoxic 2 Martindale's 29th
Hepatotropic 2 *
Herbicide 10 Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.
Histamine-Inhibitor 1 *
Histaminic 1 *
HIV-RT-Inhibitor 2 Nakane, H., Fukushima, M., and Ono*, K. Differential Inhibition Of Reverse Transcriptase And Various DNA Polymerases By Digallic Acid And Its Derivatives. Journal of Natural Products, 53(5): 1234-1240, 1990.
Hydrocholerectic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypercholesterolemic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Hyperglycemic 2 Merck 11th Edition
Hypertensive 6 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).