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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Citrus aurantium (Rutaceae)

Common Names
Petitgrain; Bitter Orange
How this plant is used
Food

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
SINENSETIN 2 Plant *
SINENSETIN 2 Plant Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
SODIUM 1 Fruit 54.0 116.0 -0.17 Suziki, A., Morimoto, I., and Okitzu, T., Elution of Metals from Crude Drugs, Shoykugaku Zasshi 36(3):190-195.
STACHYDRINE 6 Leaf 1000.0 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
TANGERETIN 15 Hull Husk List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
TANGERETIN 15 Pericarp *
TANGERETIN 15 Plant *
TANNIC-ACID 41 Plant *
TANNIN 35 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
TERPENYL-ACETATE 0 Hull Husk List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
TERPENYL-ACETATE 0 Pericarp *
TERPENYL-ACETATE 0 Plant *
TERPINEN-4-OL 23 Leaf 50.0 80.0 -0.29 *
TERPINOLENE 9 Hull Husk List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
TERPINOLENE 9 Leaf 1.0 10.0 -0.22 *
TERPINOLENE 9 Pericarp *
TERPINOLENE 9 Plant *
TETRA-O-METHYL-SCUTELLAREIN 0 Plant *
THIAMIN 31 Fruit 1.0 6.0 0.09 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
THYMOL 71 Leaf 1.0 -0.42 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antirheumatalgic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antirheumatic 5 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.
Antirhinitic 2 *
AntiRNA 1 *
Antisalmonella 5 *
Antiscorbutic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiscotomic 1 *
Antiseborrheic 2 *
Antiseptic 27 Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
Antishingles 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antishock 2 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antisindhis 1 *
Antisinusitic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antispare-Tire 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
Antispasmodic 23 Fitoterapia No.59-1984.
Antispasmophilic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antispastic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antistaphylococcic 9 *
Antistomatitic 3 *
Antistreptococcic 7 *