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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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
LIMONIN 5 Plant *
LINALOL 0 Leaf 1990.0 2795.0 1.21 *
LINALOOL 53 Leaf 1990.0 2795.0 1.29 *
LINALYL-ACETATE 7 Flower 80.0 520.0 -0.45 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
LINALYL-ACETATE 7 Leaf 4429.0 5500.0 0.46 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
MAGNESIUM 65 Fruit 800.0 1730.0 -0.19 Suziki, A., Morimoto, I., and Okitzu, T., Elution of Metals from Crude Drugs, Shoykugaku Zasshi 36(3):190-195.
MALIC-ACID 15 Plant *
MANGANESE 14 Fruit 8.0 -0.35 Suziki, A., Morimoto, I., and Okitzu, T., Elution of Metals from Crude Drugs, Shoykugaku Zasshi 36(3):190-195.
MANNOSE 3 Plant *
METHANOL 2 Plant *
METHYL-ANTHRANILATE 2 Flower Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
MYRCENE 22 Flower List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
MYRCENE 22 Leaf 130.0 550.0 0.03 *
MYRCENE 22 Plant *
NARINGENIN 56 Plant *
NARINGIN 12 Fruit 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.
NEOHESPERIDIN 6 Fruit *
NEOHESPERIDOSE 0 Pericarp Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
NERAL 4 Leaf 1.0 -0.39 *
NERAL 4 Plant *
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List of plant activities.
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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 *