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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
TRANS-SABINENE-HYDRATE 0 Fruit 0.0 0.1 -0.52 *
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Fruit 90.0 680.0 -0.24 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
TYRAMINE 11 Fruit 0.0 1.0 0.71 *
TYROSINE 8 Fruit 160.0 1208.0 -0.50 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
UNDECANAL 2 Fruit 0.7 1.0 -0.58 *
URONIC-ACID 0 Fruit *
VALENCENE 0 Fruit 3.0 4.0 -1.00 *
VALENCENE 0 Fruit Juice 0.0 15.3 1.00 *
VALENCENE 0 Pericarp Essent. Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
VALENCIACHROME 0 Fruit 0.0 *
VALENCIACHROME 0 Plant *
VALENCIAXANTHIN 0 Fruit 3.0 *
VALENCIC-ACID 0 Root Jim Duke's personal files.
VALINE 3 Fruit 100.0 3020.0 -0.30 *
VIOLAXANTHIN 2 Fruit *
VIOLAXANTHIN 2 Pericarp Jim Duke's personal files.
VIOLAXANTHIN 2 Tissue Culture Jim Duke's personal files.
VIT-B-6 0 Fruit 1.0 5.0 -0.54 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
VITEXIN-XYLOSIDE 0 Fruit Jim Duke's personal files.
WATER 0 Fruit 839000.0 898000.0 0.55 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 7 Oszmianski, J. and Lee, C.Y. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Phenolics on Carotene Bleaching in Vegetables. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38: 688-690.
Lithogenic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Litholytic 3 Martindale's 29th
Lubricant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Lyase-Inhibitor 1 *
Lymphocytogenic 1 Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
Lypolytic 1 Bruneton, J. 1999. Pharmacognosy, Phytochemistry, Medicinal Plants. 2nd Ed. Lavoisier Publishing, Paris. 1119 pp.
MAO-A-Inhibitor 1 *
Mast-Cell-Stabilizer 1 *
MDR-Inhibitor 2 Critchfield, J. W., Welsh, C. J., Phang, J. M., Yeh, G. C. 1994. Modulation of Adriamycin Accumulation and Efflux by Flavonoids in HCT-15 Colon Cells. Activation of P-Glycoprotein as a Putative Mechanism. Biochem Pharmacol, 48(7): 1437-1445.
Memorigenic 2 *
Memory-Enhancer 1 Science News, 138: 189, 1990.
Metal-Chelator 2 McEvily, A.J., Iyengar, R., and Gross, A.T. Inhibition of Polyphenol Oxidase by Phenolic Compounds. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.25.
Metal-Chelator (Copper) 1 Seidel, V., Verholle, M., Malard, Y., Tillequin, F., Fruchart, J-C., Duriez, P., Bailleul, F., Teissier, E. 2000. Phenylpropanoids from Ballota nigra L. Inhibit in vitro LDL Peroxidation. Phytotherapy Research, 14(2): 93-98.
Metalloproteinase-Inhibitor 1 *
Metastatic 1 Science News, 146: 421.
MMP-9-Inhibitor 1 *
Molluscicide 2 *
Monoamine-Precursor 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mosquitocide 1 *