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

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
PROLINE	0	Fruit	60.0	3473.0	-0.15	Duke, 1992 *
PROPIONIC-ACID	6	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Fruit	9260.0	78000.0	-0.42	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETAGETIN	8	Fruit Juice	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
QUERCETIN	176	Fruit	not available	3.4	-0.79	Jim Duke's personal files.
QUINIC-ACID	1	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Fruit	0.0	3.0	-0.43	Duke, 1992 *
RUBIDIUM	0	Fruit	0.1	7.7	-0.85	ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
RUTIN	87	Leaf	not available	9000.0	-0.45	Jim Duke's personal files.
RUTIN	87	Pericarp	not available	6100.0	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
SABINENE	5	Fruit	11.0	13.0	-0.53	Duke, 1992 *
SABINENE	5	Fruit Juice	0.0	0.2	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SALICYLATES	7	Fruit	0.0	200.0	0.24	Duke, 1992 *
SCOPARONE	22	Bark	not available	162.5	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
SCUTELLAREIN	7	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SCUTELLAREIN	7	Fruit Juice	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
SELENIUM	60	Fruit	0.0	0.0	-0.39	Duke, 1992 *
SERINE	1	Fruit	40.0	2410.0	-0.44	Duke, 1992 *
SESELIN	3	Root	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
SESLIN	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.

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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
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 *