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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
LIMONEXIC-ACID 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LIMONIN 5 Bark not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
LIMONIN 5 Branches not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
LIMONIN 5 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LIMONIN 5 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
LIMONIN 5 Root not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
LIMONIN 5 Seed not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
LIMONIN 5 Twig not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
LIMONIN-17-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Seed not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
LIMONIN-GLUCOSIDE 0 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
LIMONOATE-A-RING-LACTONE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
LINALOL 0 Fruit 30.0 530.0 -0.55 Duke, 1992 *
LINALOL 0 Fruit Juice 0.2 4.7 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL 53 Fruit 30.0 530.0 -0.44 Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL 53 Fruit Juice 0.2 4.7 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Fruit 180.0 1359.0 -0.34 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LINOMIN 0 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
LITHIUM 11 Fruit 0.1 1.5 0.89 Duke, 1992 *
LOCHNOCARPOL-A 0 Root not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
LUTEIN 15 Fruit 0.0 3.0 -0.58 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Hypnotic 3 Martindale's 29th
Hypoammonemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypoarginanemic 1 Martindale's 29th
Hypocalcemic 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.
Hypocholesterolemic 18 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypocholesterolemic? 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypoglycemic 12 Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989.
Hypolipidemic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Hypotensive 17 Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
Hypothermic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Hypouricemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Ileorelaxant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Immunomodulator 10 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Immunostimulant 8 Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
Immunosuppressant 3 Martindale's 29th
iNOS-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Inotropic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Insecticide 11 Duke, 1992 *
Insectifuge 24 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Insectiphile 5 Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.