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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TRANS-HEXEN-2-AL-1 | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRANS-OCIMENE | 0 | Leaf | 1.0 | 332.0 | 0.21 | Duke, 1992 * |
| UMBELLIFERONE | 22 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| UNDECANAL | 2 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VALENCENE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VIOLAXANTHIN | 2 | 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. |
| VIOLAXANTHIN | 2 | Pericarp | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VIOLAXANTHIN | 2 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| WATER | 0 | Fruit | 857000.0 | 892000.0 | 0.53 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| ZEAXANTHIN | 5 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| ZINC | 77 | Fruit | not available | 16.0 | -0.43 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiRNA | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antisalmonella | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiscorbutic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiscotomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiseborrheic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antistomatitic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antistreptococcic | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |