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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
NERYL-ACETATE 5 Fruit 0.7 1.0 -0.72 Duke, 1992 *
NERYL-FORMATE 2 Fruit not available 10.0 -1.00 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
NEUROSPORIN 0 Pericarp not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
NIACIN 39 Fruit 2.0 31.0 -0.40 Duke, 1992 *
NICKEL 3 Fruit 0.0 0.6 -0.61 Duke, 1992 *
NICOTINIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER 0 Pericarp Essent. Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
NITROGEN 0 Fruit 500.0 13845.0 -0.05 Duke, 1992 *
NOBELITIN 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NOBILETIN 8 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NOBILETIN 8 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
NOBILETIN 8 Pericarp not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
NOMILIN 2 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
NOMILIN 2 Seed not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
NOMILIN-17-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Seed not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
NOMILINIC-ACID-17-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Seed not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
NOMILINIC-ACID-GLUCOSIDE 0 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
NONANAL 0 Fruit 3.0 4.0 -0.82 Duke, 1992 *
NONANOL 0 Fruit not available 10.0 not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
NOOTKATOL 2 Fruit not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
NOOTKATONE 3 Fruit not available 1.0 not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
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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.