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Common Names
Orange
How this plant is used
Food
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XANTHOXYLETIN | 1 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| XANTHOXYLETIN | 1 | Root Bark | not available | 24000.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| XANTHYLETIN | 1 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| XANTHYLETIN | 1 | Root Bark | not available | 45000.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| XYLAN | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| XYLOSE | 3 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| XYLOSYL-VITEXIN | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ZEAXANTHIN | 5 | Fruit | not available | 2.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ZEAXANTHIN | 5 | Pericarp | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ZEAXANTHIN | 5 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ZETA-CAROTENE | 0 | Fruit | 0.0 | 2.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ZETA-CAROTENE-A | 0 | Pericarp | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ZETA-CAROTENE-B | 0 | Pericarp | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ZINC | 77 | Fruit | 0.9 | 13.0 | -0.52 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ZIRCONIUM | 0 | Fruit | 0.5 | 1.1 | -0.50 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Mast-Cell-Stabilizer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Metastatic | 1 | Science News, 146: 421. |
| MMP-9-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Molluscicide | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |