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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
CADINENE 4 Leaf Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
CADINENE 4 Plant *
CALCIUM 28 Fruit 18.0 4230.0 0.09 *
CAMPHENE 9 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CAMPHENE 9 Plant *
CAPRINALDEHYDE 0 Plant *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Fruit 97000.0 909000.0 0.67 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CARVONE 19 Plant *
CARYOPHYLLENE 31 Plant *
CINNAMIC-ACID 18 Hull Husk List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CINNAMIC-ACID 18 Plant *
CIS-3-HEXENOL 1 Leaf 1.0 *
CIS-OCIMENE 3 Leaf 1.0 110.0 -0.67 *
CITRAL 53 Plant *
CITRANTIN 2 Fruit *
CITRIC-ACID 23 Fruit 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 *
CITRONELLAL 20 Plant *
CITRONELLIC-ACID 0 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CITRONELLOL 15 Plant *
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Antistress 4 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antistroke 2 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
Antisyncopic 1 *
Antisyndrome-X 4 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
Antitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitinnitic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antitonsilitic 1 *
Antitoxoplasmotic 1 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antitrichinosic 1 Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Antitriglyceride 2 *
Antitubercular 3 *
Antitumor 13 Zheng, G-Q., Kenney, P.M., and Lam, L.K.T. Sesquiterpenes From Clove (Eugenia caryophyllata) As Potential Anticarcinogenic Agents. Journal of Natural Products 55(7): 999-1003, 1992.
Antitumor (Breast) 4 *
Antitumor (Cervix) 1 Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Antitumor (CNS) 1 *
Antitumor (Colon) 5 *
Antitumor (Gastric) 2 *
Antitumor (GI) 1 *
Antitumor (Kidney) 1 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antitumor (Liver) 1 *