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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
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.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Anticancer (Breast) 5 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Cervix) 3 Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Anticancer (Colon) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Esophagus)? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticancer (Forestomach) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Gastric) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Liver) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Lung) 2 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Anticancer (Pancreas) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Prostate) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Skin) 2 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *