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
COPPER	12	Fruit	4.0	10.0	-0.22	Suziki, A., Morimoto, I., and Okitzu, T., Elution of Metals from Crude Drugs, Shoykugaku Zasshi 36(3):190-195.
COUMARIN	57	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.
CRYPTOXANTHIN	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
D-CITRONELLIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
D-LIMONENE	19	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
D-LINALOL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
D-LINALOOL	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.
D-NEROLIDOL	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.
D-NEROLIDOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DECANAL	0	Leaf	not available	1.0	-0.71	Duke, 1992 *
DECYL-ALDEHYDE	0	Flower	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.
DECYL-ALDEHYDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DECYLPELARGONATE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-3-CARENE	8	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-CADINENE	9	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-LIMONENE	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.
DIPENTENE	7	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.
DIPENTENE	7	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DL-LINALOL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DL-LINALOOL	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.

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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 *