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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
XANTHOXYLETIN 1 Root not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
XANTHOXYLETIN 1 Root Bark not available 24000.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
XANTHYLETIN 1 Root not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
XANTHYLETIN 1 Root Bark not available 45000.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
XYLAN 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
XYLOSE 3 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
XYLOSYL-VITEXIN 0 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
ZEAXANTHIN 5 Fruit not available 2.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
ZEAXANTHIN 5 Pericarp not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
ZEAXANTHIN 5 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
ZETA-CAROTENE 0 Fruit 0.0 2.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
ZETA-CAROTENE-A 0 Pericarp not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
ZETA-CAROTENE-B 0 Pericarp not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
ZINC 77 Fruit 0.9 13.0 -0.52 Duke, 1992 *
ZIRCONIUM 0 Fruit 0.5 1.1 -0.50 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Anticataract 10 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticephalagic 4 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticerebrotic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticervicaldysplasic 4 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiCFS 3 Duke, 1992 *
Anticheilitic 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antichilblain 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticholinesterase 1 L. Gracza (1985) as cited by Buchbauer re antiacetylcholinesterase.
Antichoreic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticirrhotic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticirrhotic? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticlastogen 3 Duke, 1992 *
Anticlaudificant? 1 Martindale's 29th
Anticlimacteric 4 Duke, 1992 *
Anticoagulant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Anticoeliac 1 Martindale's 28th
Anticold 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticolic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticolitic 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticomplementary 1 Duke, 1992 *