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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
PROLINE 0 Fruit 60.0 3473.0 -0.15 Duke, 1992 *
PROPIONIC-ACID 6 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Fruit 9260.0 78000.0 -0.42 Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETAGETIN 8 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
QUERCETIN 176 Fruit not available 3.4 -0.79 Jim Duke's personal files.
QUINIC-ACID 1 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Fruit 0.0 3.0 -0.43 Duke, 1992 *
RUBIDIUM 0 Fruit 0.1 7.7 -0.85 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
RUTIN 87 Leaf not available 9000.0 -0.45 Jim Duke's personal files.
RUTIN 87 Pericarp not available 6100.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
SABINENE 5 Fruit 11.0 13.0 -0.53 Duke, 1992 *
SABINENE 5 Fruit Juice 0.0 0.2 not available Duke, 1992 *
SALICYLATES 7 Fruit 0.0 200.0 0.24 Duke, 1992 *
SCOPARONE 22 Bark not available 162.5 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
SCUTELLAREIN 7 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SCUTELLAREIN 7 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
SELENIUM 60 Fruit 0.0 0.0 -0.39 Duke, 1992 *
SERINE 1 Fruit 40.0 2410.0 -0.44 Duke, 1992 *
SESELIN 3 Root not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
SESLIN 0 Root not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Neuroprotective 4 Duke, 1992 *
Neurotoxic 4 R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R.
Neurotransmitter 2 Duke, 1992 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
NO-Genic 2 Duke, 1992 *
NO-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
NO-Synthase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Odontolytic 1 Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 5 Hagerman, A.E. Tannin-Protein Interactions. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.19.
Osteogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Osteolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Oviposition-Stimulant 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ovulant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Oxidant 2 Larson, R.A. 1987. Review Article Number 30. The Antioxidants of Higher Plants. Phytochemistry. 27: 969-978.
Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Oxytocic 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.
Oxytocic? 1 Duke, 1992 *
Ozone-Scavenger 1 Duke, 1992 *
P450-2B1-Inhibitor 5 Duke, 1992 *
P450-Inducer 3 Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.