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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
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Fruit 12.0 14.0 -0.57 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Fruit 35.0 40.0 -0.71 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Fruit Juice not available 0.2 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-SINENSAL 0 Fruit 1.0 2.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-SINENSAL 0 Pericarp not available not available not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
ALPHA-SINESAL 0 Fruit not available 3.0 -1.00 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALPHA-SINESAL 0 Pericarp not available not available not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
ALPHA-TERPINENE 13 Fruit 1.0 2.0 -0.45 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Fruit 2.0 3.0 -0.41 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Fruit Juice 0.1 1.1 -0.65 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-THUJENE 0 Fruit 0.7 1.0 -0.60 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL 32 Fruit 4.0 29.0 -0.68 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-YLANGENE 0 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.
ALUMINUM 5 Fruit 1.0 165.0 -0.18 Duke, 1992 *
ANTHERAXANTHIN 1 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ANTHERAXANTHIN 1 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
ANTHRANILIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER 0 Pericarp Essent. Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
APIGENIN-7-O-ALPHA-L-RHAMNO-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
APIGENIN-TRIMETHYL-ETHER 0 Pericarp 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
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 *