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.
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Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
TRANS-HEXEN-2-AL-1	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-OCIMENE	0	Leaf	1.0	332.0	0.21	Duke, 1992 *
UMBELLIFERONE	22	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
UNDECANAL	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VALENCENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VIOLAXANTHIN	2	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.
VIOLAXANTHIN	2	Pericarp	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VIOLAXANTHIN	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Fruit	857000.0	892000.0	0.53	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ZEAXANTHIN	5	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
ZINC	77	Fruit	not available	16.0	-0.43	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
Aromatase-Inhibitor	1	Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 235.1999.
Ascaricide	1	Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Asthma-preventive	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Astringent	3	Merck 11th Edition
Ataxigenic	1	Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.
Bacteriostatic	1	Chin. J. Tuber. Respir. Dis.
Bacteristat	2	Duke, 1992 *
Barbituate-Synergist	2	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Blocker	2	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Bronchoprotectant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Bronchorelaxant	2	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Bruchiphobe	2	Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Antagonist	5	Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Cancer-Preventive	26	Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide	8	Duke, 1992 *
Candidistat	3	Duke, 1992 *