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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5,8-EPOXY-5,5',8-TETRAHYDRO-BETA,BETA-CAROTEN-3,3',5',6'-TETROL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 5,8-EPOXY-5,8-DIHYDRO-10'-APO-BETA-CAROTEN-3,10'-DIOL | 0 | Fruit Juice | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| 5,8-EPOXY-5,8-DIHYDRO-8'-APO-BETA-CAROTEN-3,10-DIOL | 0 | Fruit Juice | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 5-ACETYL-2-METHYL-PYRIDINE | 0 | Pericarp Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| 5-HEXYL-2-METHYL-PYRIDINE | 0 | Pericarp Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| 6,7-DIMETHOXYCOUMARIN | 1 | Bark | not available | 162.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ABSCISIC-ACID | 0 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ACETALDEHYDE | 6 | Fruit Juice | 3.0 | 15.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ACETIC-ACID | 16 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALANINE | 3 | Fruit | 30.0 | 3775.0 | 0.03 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-BERGAMOTENE | 0 | Fruit | not available | 6.0 | -1.00 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| ALPHA-CAROTENE | 7 | Fruit | 0.2 | 1.9 | -0.27 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-CAROTENE | 7 | Pericarp | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ALPHA-COPAENE | 0 | Fruit | 0.7 | 1.0 | -0.69 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-COPAENE | 0 | Pericarp | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-COPAENE | 0 | Pericarp Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ALPHA-CUBEBENE | 0 | Fruit | 0.7 | 1.0 | -0.62 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-HUMULENE | 2 | Fruit | 0.0 | 0.1 | -0.60 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-HYDROXY-CAROTENE | 0 | Pericarp | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID | 15 | Fruit | 70.0 | 528.0 | -0.91 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Sprout-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, J.A.. Personal Communication. |
| Stimulant | 2 | 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. |
| Sunscreen | 3 | Lazarova*, G., Kostova, I., Neychev, H. 1992. Photodynamic damage prevention by some hydroxycoumarins. Fitoterapia 64(2): 134-136, 1993. |
| Surfactant | 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. |
| Sweetener | 4 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Sympathomimetic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Systolic-Depressant | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Tachycardic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Teratogenic | 4 | 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. |
| Teratologic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Termiticide | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Termitifuge | 2 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Testosterone-Inducer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Testosteronigenic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Thymoprotective | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| TNF-alpha-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Toxic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Tracheorelaxant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |