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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
LIMONEXIC-ACID 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LIMONIN 5 Bark not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
LIMONIN 5 Branches not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
LIMONIN 5 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LIMONIN 5 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
LIMONIN 5 Root not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
LIMONIN 5 Seed not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
LIMONIN 5 Twig not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
LIMONIN-17-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Seed not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
LIMONIN-GLUCOSIDE 0 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
LIMONOATE-A-RING-LACTONE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
LINALOL 0 Fruit 30.0 530.0 -0.55 Duke, 1992 *
LINALOL 0 Fruit Juice 0.2 4.7 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL 53 Fruit 30.0 530.0 -0.44 Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL 53 Fruit Juice 0.2 4.7 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Fruit 180.0 1359.0 -0.34 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LINOMIN 0 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
LITHIUM 11 Fruit 0.1 1.5 0.89 Duke, 1992 *
LOCHNOCARPOL-A 0 Root not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
LUTEIN 15 Fruit 0.0 3.0 -0.58 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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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.