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

Common Names
Orange
How this plant is used
Food
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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
(E)-BETA-OCIMENE 0 Fruit 0.7 1.0 -0.80 *
(Z)-BETA-OCIMENE 0 Fruit 2.0 3.0 -0.66 *
2'-TRANS-O-FERULOYL-GALACTARIC-ACID 0 Pericarp Jim Duke's personal files.
2'-TRANS-O-P-COUMAROYL-GALACTARIC-ACID 0 Pericarp Jim Duke's personal files.
2'-TRANS-O-P-COUMAROYL-GLUCARIC-ACID 0 Pericarp Jim Duke's personal files.
2,4-TRANS,TRANS-O-FERULOYL-GLUCARIC-ACID 0 Pericarp *
2,4-TRANS-TRANS-O-DIFERULOYL-GLUCARIC-ACID 0 Pericarp Jim Duke's personal files.
2-(METHYL-AMINO)-BENZYL-ALCOHOL 0 Pericarp Essent. Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
2-METHYL-1-PROPANOL 0 Fruit Juice 0.0 0.1 *
2-METHYL-5-(1-METHYL-ETHENYL)-PYRIDINE 0 Pericarp Essent. Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
2-METHYL-5-PHENYL-PYRIDINE 0 Pericarp Essent. Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
2-PENTYLPYRIDINE 0 Pericarp Essent. Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
2-PHENYL-PYRIDINE 0 Pericarp Essent. Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
2-TRANS-O-FERULOYL-GLUCARIC-ACID 0 Pericarp Jim Duke's personal files.
3,3',4,5,6,7,8-HEPTAMETHOXY-FLAVONE 0 Fruit Jim Duke's personal files.
3,3',4,5,6,7,8-HEPTAMETHOXY-FLAVONE 0 Fruit Juice Jim Duke's personal files.
3-(4-METHYL-HEXYL)-PYRIDINE 0 Pericarp Essent. Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
3-(4-METHYL-PHENYL)-PYRIDINE 0 Pericarp Essent. Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
3-(BUT-TRANS-1-ENYL)-PYRIDINE 0 Pericarp Essent. Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
3-BUTYL-PYRIDINE 0 Pericarp Essent. Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Anticancer (Breast) 5 *
Anticancer (Cervix) 3 Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Anticancer (Colon) 1 *
Anticancer (Esophagus)? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticancer (Forestomach) 1 *
Anticancer (Gastric) 1 *
Anticancer (Liver) 2 *
Anticancer (Lung) 2 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Anticancer (Pancreas) 1 *
Anticancer (Prostate) 1 *
Anticancer (Skin) 2 *
Anticanker 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticapillary-Fragility 3 Martindale's 28th
Anticarcinogenic 4 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Anticarcinomic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticarcinomic (Breast) 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Anticardiospasmic 1 *
Anticariogenic 9 Muroi, H. and Kubo, I. 1993. Combination Effects of Antibacterial Compounds in Green Tea Flavor against Streptococcus mutans. J. Agric. Food Chem. 41: 1102-1105.
Anticarpal-Tunnel 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticataleptic 2 *