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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
NOOTKATONE 3 Pericarp Essent. Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
NORDENTATIN 1 Root Bark not available 300.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
OBACUNONE 3 Seed not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
OBACUNONE-17-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Seed not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
OBACUNONE-GLUCOSIDE 0 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
OCTADECADIENOIC-ACID 0 Pericarp not available not available not available Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
OCTAN-1-AL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
OCTANAL 0 Fruit 12.0 14.0 -0.61 Duke, 1992 *
OCTANAL 0 Fruit Juice 0.0 0.3 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
OCTANOL 0 Fruit 0.0 0.1 -0.71 Duke, 1992 *
OCTOPAMINE 0 Fruit 0.0 1.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
OCTYL-ACETATE 0 Fruit not available 10.0 -0.71 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
OLEIC-ACID 18 Fruit 20.0 1510.0 -0.47 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
OSTHOL 15 Root not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
OSTHOLE 4 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OXALIC-ACID 9 Fruit not available 87.0 -0.30 Watt, J.M. and Breyer-Brandwijk, M.G. 1962. The Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of Southern and Eastern Africa. E. & S. Livingstone, Ltd. Edinburg & London. 1457 pp.
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Fruit 5.0 17.0 -0.69 Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Pericarp 5.0 75.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENE 16 Fruit 3590.0 4070.0 -0.04 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
Antiapoplectic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiapoptotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarabiflavinotic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiarrhythmic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarteriosclerotic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic 14 Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic 11 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiatherogenic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiatheromic 1 Cerda, J.J. Pectin in Health and Disease. HortScience, 25(12): 1485, 1990.
Antiatherosclerotic 13 Duke, 1992 *
Antibacillary 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antibackache 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial 41 Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994.
Antiberiberi 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiBPH 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antibradykinic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 366.
Antibronchitic 1 Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Anticalculic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer 11 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Bladder) 1 Duke, 1992 *