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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
GERANIOL 35 Fruit 0.7 1.0 -0.61 Duke, 1992 *
GERANYL-ACETATE 5 Fruit 0.0 0.1 -0.94 Duke, 1992 *
GERANYL-OXY-PYRANOCOUMARIN 0 Root not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
GIBBERELLIC-ACID 0 Fruit not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
GLUCOSAN 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE 7 Fruit not available 23600.0 -0.64 Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Fruit 60.0 7097.0 -0.48 Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMINE 5 Fruit 30.0 630.0 0.18 Duke, 1992 *
GLYCINE 12 Fruit 50.0 7097.0 1.35 Duke, 1992 *
HEPTAMETHOXY-FLAVONE 0 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
HEPTANAL 0 Fruit 3.0 5.0 not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
HEPTULOSE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HESPERIDIN 31 Flower not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
HESPERIDIN 31 Fruit not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
HESPERIDIN 31 Fruit Juice not available 110.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
HESPERIDIN 31 Pericarp not available 63500.0 0.39 Jim Duke's personal files.
HESPERIDIN-7-O-ALPHA-L-RHAMNO-GLUCOSIDE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HESPERIDIN-7-O-ALPHA-L-RHAMNO-GLUCOSIDE 0 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
HEXANAL 5 Fruit 1.0 2.0 not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
HEXANAL 5 Fruit Juice 0.0 0.7 not available Duke, 1992 *
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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
AntiDNA 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidote 1 Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Acetaminophen) 1 Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Aluminum) 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antidote (Cadmium) 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Hypoglycin-A) 1 Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Lead) 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Mercury) 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Paracetamol) 1 Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Paraquat) 1 Martindale's 28th
Antidysgeuzic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidyskinetic 3 Martindale's 28th
Antidysmenorrheic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antidyspeptic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidysphagic 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiEBV 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antieczemic 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiedemic 9 Shimizu,*M., et al. 1990. Anti-inflammatory Constituents of Topically Applied Crude Drugs. IV.1) Constituents and Anti-inflammatory Effect of Paraguayan Crude Drug 'Alhucema' (Lavandula latifolia Vill.)2). Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(8): 2283-2284, 1990.
Antielastase 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiemetic 1 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.