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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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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
CHOLESTEROL 1 Fruit *
CHOLINE 20 Fruit 70.0 160.0 -0.57 *
CHROMIUM 24 Fruit 0.0 0.4 -0.45 *
CIS-SABINENE-HYDRATE 0 Fruit 0.1 -0.71 *
CITFLAVANONE 0 Root Jim Duke's personal files.
CITFLAVANONE 0 Root Bark *
CITRABASINE 0 Root Bark 14.0 *
CITRACRIDONE-I 0 Root Bark 400.0 *
CITRIC-ACID 23 Fruit 5600.0 9800.0 -0.49 *
CITRONELLAL 20 Fruit 4.0 5.0 -1.00 *
CITRONELLOL 15 Fruit 0.7 1.0 -0.51 *
CITRONELLYL-ACETATE 2 Fruit 0.0 0.1 -1.00 *
CITRUNOBIN 0 Root Bark *
CITRUSIN-II 0 Fruit 40.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
CITRUSIN-III 0 Fruit 13.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
CITRUSIN-IV 0 Fruit 6.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
CITRUSININE-I 0 Root Bark 80.0 *
CITRUSININE-II 0 Root Bark 40.0 *
CITRUSINS 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
COBALT 2 Fruit 0.0 0.1 -0.53 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Mosquitofuge 2 *
Motor-Depressant 4 Buchbauer et al, e.g.Buchbauer et al,1993.Therapeutic properties of essential oils and fragrances. Chap.12 in Teranishi,R, Buttery,R.G and Sugisawa,H. Eds. Bioactive Volatile Compounds from Plants. ACS Symposium Series 525. Amer. Chem. Soc., Washington DC
Mucogenic 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mucolytic 2 Martindale's 29th
Mucotropic 1 Schulz, V, Hansel, R and Tyler, VE. 1998. Rational Phytotherapy - A Physician's Guide to Herbal Medicine. 3rd ed. 1st English Edition. Translated by Terry C. Telger. Springer Verlag, Heidelberg. 306 pp.
Mutagenic 5 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Mutagenic? 1 *
Mycobactericide 3 *
Myoprotective 1 *
Myorelaxant 8 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
NADH-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 *
Natriuretic 1 *
Nematicide 13 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Nematistat 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Neoplastic 1 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
NEP-Inhibitor 1 *
Nephrotoxic 4 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Neuroexcitant 1 Martindale's 28th
Neuroinhibitor 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Neurolytic 1 Merck 11th Edition