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
TRANS-SABINENE-HYDRATE	0	Fruit	0.0	0.1	-0.52	Duke, 1992 *
TRYPTOPHAN	29	Fruit	90.0	680.0	-0.24	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
TYRAMINE	11	Fruit	0.0	1.0	0.71	Duke, 1992 *
TYROSINE	8	Fruit	160.0	1208.0	-0.50	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
UNDECANAL	2	Fruit	0.7	1.0	-0.58	Duke, 1992 *
URONIC-ACID	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VALENCENE	0	Fruit	3.0	4.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
VALENCENE	0	Fruit Juice	0.0	15.3	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
VALENCENE	0	Pericarp Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
VALENCIACHROME	0	Fruit	not available	0.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VALENCIACHROME	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VALENCIAXANTHIN	0	Fruit	not available	3.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VALENCIC-ACID	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
VALINE	3	Fruit	100.0	3020.0	-0.30	Duke, 1992 *
VIOLAXANTHIN	2	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VIOLAXANTHIN	2	Pericarp	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
VIOLAXANTHIN	2	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
VIT-B-6	0	Fruit	1.0	5.0	-0.54	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
VITEXIN-XYLOSIDE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
WATER	0	Fruit	839000.0	898000.0	0.55	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