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
FURFUROL	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.
FURFUROL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-ELEMENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-TERPINENE	11	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.
GAMMA-TERPINENE	11	Leaf	50.0	110.0	-0.16	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-TERPINENE	11	Pericarp	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-TERPINENE	11	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GERANIAL	13	Leaf	not available	1.0	-0.41	Duke, 1992 *
GERANIAL	13	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GERANIC-ACID	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.
GERANIOL	35	Leaf	200.0	350.0	-0.07	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
GERANIOL	35	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GERANYL-ACETATE	5	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
GERANYL-ACETATE	5	Leaf	not available	261.0	0.36	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
GERANYL-OXIDE	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.
GERANYL-OXIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GUM	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HESPERIDIN	31	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HESPERIDIN	31	Fruit	700.0	2500.0	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
HESPERIDIN	31	Leaf	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 *