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Common Names
Petitgrain; Bitter Orange
How this plant is used
Food
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CADINENE | 4 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| CADINENE | 4 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Fruit | 18.0 | 4230.0 | 0.09 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMPHENE | 9 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| CAMPHENE | 9 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAPRINALDEHYDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Fruit | 97000.0 | 909000.0 | 0.67 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| CARVONE | 19 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARYOPHYLLENE | 31 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CINNAMIC-ACID | 18 | Hull Husk | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| CINNAMIC-ACID | 18 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-3-HEXENOL | 1 | Leaf | not available | 1.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-OCIMENE | 3 | Leaf | 1.0 | 110.0 | -0.67 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CITRAL | 53 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CITRANTIN | 2 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CITRIC-ACID | 23 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Watt, J.M. and Breyer-Brandwijk, M.G. 1962. The Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of Southern and Eastern Africa. E. & S. Livingstone, Ltd. Edinburg & London. 1457 pp. |
| CITRIC-ACID | 23 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CITRONELLAL | 20 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CITRONELLIC-ACID | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| CITRONELLOL | 15 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antipneumonic | 2 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antipodriac | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antipolio | 1 | Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart. |
| Antipoliomyelitic | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiporphyric | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiprolactin | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antiproliferant | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiproliferative | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiprostaglandin | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiprostatitic | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antipruritic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antipsittacotic | 1 | Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh. |
| Antipsoriac | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antipyretic | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antipyruvetic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antiradicular | 7 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| AntiRaynaud's | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antirenitic | 1 | Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990. |
| Antiretinopathic | 1 | Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95 |
| Antiretinotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |