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

Common Names

Petitgrain; Bitter Orange

How this plant is used

Food

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
ANTHRANILIC-ACID-METHYL-ETHER	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.
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Fruit	420.0	3947.0	-0.04	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Leaf	not available	3000.0	-0.17	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.
ASH	0	Fruit	5000.0	64000.0	0.19	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
AURANETIN	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AURANTIAMARIN	0	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.
AURANTIAMENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AURAPTEN	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
AUROPTENOL	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
BENZOIC-ACID	20	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BERGAPTEN	26	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	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.
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Fruit	1.0	27.0	-0.10	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
BETA-COPAENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-ELEMENE	5	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-OCIMENE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-OCIMENE	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.
BETA-OCIMENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE	13	Leaf	70.0	170.0	-0.18	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE	13	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BUTANOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antitumor (Lung)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Pancreas)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Prostate)	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Skin)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Stomach)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antitussive	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcer	15	Duke, 1992 *
AntiUTI	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antivaccinia	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 197.
Antivaginitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antivertigo	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral	17	Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral?	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiwrinkle	1	Martindale's 28th
Antixerophthalmic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiyeast	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anxiolytic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Aphidifuge	1	Duke, 1992 *
Apoptotic	7	Duke, 1992 *