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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
3-HEPTYL-PYRIDINE 0 Pericarp Essent. Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
3-HYDROXY-5,8-EPOXY-5,8-DIHYDRO-8'-APO-BETA-CAROTEN-8'-AL 0 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
3-HYDROXY-ETHYL-HEXANOATE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
3-HYDROXY-ETHYL-HEXANOATE 0 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
3-METHYL-BUT-1-ENE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
3-METHYL-BUTAN-1-OL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3-METHYL-BUTAN-1-OL 0 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
3-METHYL-PYRIDINE 0 Pericarp Essent. Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
3-OCTYL-PYRIDINE 0 Pericarp Essent. Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
3-PENTYL-PYRIDINE 0 Pericarp Essent. Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
3-PHENYL-PYRIDINE 0 Pericarp Essent. Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
3-PROPYL-PYRIDINE 0 Pericarp Essent. Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
4,7-DIMETHYL-BICYCLO(3.2.1)-OCT-CIS-3-EN-6-ONE 0 Pericarp Essent. Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
4,7-DIMETHYL-BICYCLO(3.2.1)-OCT-TRANS-3-EN-6-ONE 0 Pericarp Essent. Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
4-(3-METHYL-2-BUTENOXY)-ISO-NITROSO-ACETOPHENONE 0 Pericarp not available 48.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
4-PHENYL-PYRIDINE 0 Pericarp Essent. Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
4-VINYL-GUAIACOL 4 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
5,6-DIHYDRO-BETA-BETA-CAROTEN-3,3',5,6-TETROL 0 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
5,6-DIHYDRO-BETA-BETA-CAROTENE-3,3',5,6-TETROL 0 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
5,8-EPOXY-5,5',8'-TETRAHYDRO-BETA-BETA-CAROTENE-3,3',5',6'-TETROL 0 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
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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
Insulin-Sparing 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Insulinase-Inhibitor 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 157.
Insulinogenic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Insulinotonic 1 J. Agri. & Food Chemistry, 36: 1079.
Interferon-Synergist 1 Duke, 1992 *
Interferonogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Interleukin-6-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Irritant 24 Duke, 1992 *
Juvabional 5 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Keratitigenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Keratolytic 1 Martindale's 29th
Lactagogue 1 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Mar-91.
Larvicide 3 Berenbaum, M. R., The natives knew, Chemtech, (May), 1990, 275-279.
Larvistat 3 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Laxative 7 Duke, 1992 *
Laxative? 2 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Sep-91.
Leptingenic 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Leukotriene-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Lipolytic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Lipotropic 3 Duke, 1992 *