Plant Citrus sinensis (Rutaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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
HEXANOL	3	Fruit Juice	0.0	0.2	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HISTIDINE	7	Fruit	180.0	1359.0	-0.25	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
HORDENINE	8	Fruit	not available	0.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HYDROXYPROLINE	1	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
ICHANGIN-17-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
IRON	6	Fruit	1.0	8.0	-0.50	Duke, 1992 *
ISOCAPROIC-ACID	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOLEUCINE	3	Fruit	250.0	1888.0	-0.53	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ISOLUTEIN	0	Pericarp	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
ISOPENTENYL-PSORALENS	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOPRENE	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
ISORHOIFOLIN	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
ISORHOIFOLIN	0	Pericarp	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOSAKURANETIN	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOSINENSETIN	0	Pericarp	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
JASMONIC-ACID	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
LEAD	0	Fruit	0.0	1.1	-0.43	Duke, 1992 *
LEUCINE	2	Fruit	230.0	1136.0	-0.84	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LIMONENE	60	Fruit	8300.0	9700.0	0.64	Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE	60	Fruit Juice	1.0	278.0	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
Antiencephalitic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiencephalopathic	7	Martindale's 29th
Antiencephalopathic?	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiendometriotic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antienteritic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antienterotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiepileptic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antierythemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiescherichic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiesophagitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiestrogenic	4	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifatigue	7	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antifeedant	16	Duke, 1992 *
Antifertility	2	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifibrinolytic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antifibromyalgic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrosarcomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrotic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiflu	8	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 195.
Antifuruncular	1	Martindale's 28th