Plant Citrus sinensis (Rutaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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
HEXANOL	3	Fruit Juice	0.0	0.2	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HISTIDINE	7	Fruit	180.0	1359.0	-0.25	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
HORDENINE	8	Fruit	not available	0.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HYDROXYPROLINE	1	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
ICHANGIN-17-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
IRON	6	Fruit	1.0	8.0	-0.50	Duke, 1992 *
ISOCAPROIC-ACID	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOLEUCINE	3	Fruit	250.0	1888.0	-0.53	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ISOLUTEIN	0	Pericarp	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
ISOPENTENYL-PSORALENS	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOPRENE	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
ISORHOIFOLIN	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
ISORHOIFOLIN	0	Pericarp	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOSAKURANETIN	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOSINENSETIN	0	Pericarp	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
JASMONIC-ACID	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
LEAD	0	Fruit	0.0	1.1	-0.43	Duke, 1992 *
LEUCINE	2	Fruit	230.0	1136.0	-0.84	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LIMONENE	60	Fruit	8300.0	9700.0	0.64	Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE	60	Fruit Juice	1.0	278.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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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
Plasmodicide	1	Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Polyamine-Synthesis-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Preservative	2	Merck 11th Edition
Previtamin-A	1	Duke, 1992 *
ProHLDL	1	Duke, 1992 *
Prolactinogenic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Proliferant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Prooxidant	6	Duke, 1992 *
Propecic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandigenic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandin-Sparer	1	Fujita, T., Nakatani, E., Funaishi, N., Sakuma, S., Fujimoto, Y. Potent inhibition of prostaglandin inactivation in rabbit gastric antral mucosal slices by selenium ions in-vitro. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 655-657, 1990.
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor	5	Duke, 1992 *
Prosticide	1	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor	2	Naim, M., Zehavi, U., Nagy, S., and Rouseff, R.L. Hydroxycinnamic Acids as Off-Flavor Precursors in Citrus Fruits and Their Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.14.
Protisticide	2	Martindale's 29th
PTK-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Pyrogenic	1	Daroca, P., Rodriguez, J., Reano, M., Canto, G., Miranda, P. 1996. Fever From Caffeine. Allergy, 51(3): 189-191.
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer	5	Duke, 1992 *
Radioprotective	2	Duke, 1992 *
Refrigerant	1	Martindale's 28th