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Plant Citrus sinensis (Rutaceae)

Common Names
Orange
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
SUCROSE 14 Fruit not available 47000.0 -0.41 Duke, 1992 *
SUGARS 0 Fruit 39600.0 119800.0 -0.39 Duke, 1992 *
SULFUR 14 Fruit 46.0 1000.0 -0.29 Duke, 1992 *
SYNEPHRINE 5 Fruit 15.0 43.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SYNEPHRINE 5 Pericarp not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
TANGERETIN 15 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TANGERETIN 15 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
TANGERETIN 15 Pericarp not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
TAU-CAROTENE 0 Pericarp not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TERPINEN-4-OL 23 Fruit not available 0.1 -0.36 Duke, 1992 *
TERPINOLENE 9 Fruit 1.0 2.0 -0.75 Duke, 1992 *
TETRA-O-METHYL-SCUTELLAREIN 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TETRA-O-METHYL-SCUTELLAREIN 0 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
TETRADECANAL 0 Fruit 5.0 9.0 1.00 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
THIAMIN 31 Fruit 1.0 7.0 0.21 Duke, 1992 *
THREONINE 4 Fruit 150.0 1132.0 -0.78 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
THYMOL 71 Fruit 0.0 0.1 -0.71 Duke, 1992 *
TITANIUM 0 Fruit 0.1 3.9 -0.67 Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-2-HEXENAL 4 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.
TRANS-2-HEXENOL 1 Fruit Juice 0.0 0.1 not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Uterotrophic 1 Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 227.1999.
Varroacide 2 Duke, 1992 *
Vasoconstrictor 3 Duke, 1992 *
Vasodilator 14 Bruneton, J. 1999. Pharmacognosy, Phytochemistry, Medicinal Plants. 2nd Ed. Lavoisier Publishing, Paris. 1119 pp.
Vasopressor 3 Duke, 1992 *
VEGF-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Venoprotective 1 Duke, 1992 *
Venotonic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Vermicide 2 Duke, 1992 *
Verrucolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Vibriocide 1 Blaschek, W., Hansel, R., Keller, K., Reichling, J., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1998. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Auflage Band 2 (A-K), 909 pp., (L-Z), 858 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Vitamin-A-Activity 2 Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary 7 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor 4 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).