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
OCTANOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTYL-ACETATE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENE	16	Leaf	100.0	270.0	-0.18	Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENE	16	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PECTIN	24	Pericarp	not available	not available	not available	Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
PECTIN	24	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PELARGONALDEHYDE	0	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.
PELARGONALDEHYDE	0	Pericarp	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PELARGONIC-ACID	0	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.
PELARGONIC-ACID	0	Pericarp	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PELARGONIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PENTANOL	0	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.
PENTANOL	0	Pericarp	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PENTANOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHELLANDRENE	4	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.
PHELLANDRENE	4	Pericarp	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHELLANDRENE	4	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHENOL	26	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
Capillariprotective	1	Martindale's 29th
Carcinogenic	6	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.
Cardiodepressant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cardioprotective	6	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotonic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Carminative	3	Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994.
Caspase-3-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Catabolic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Chelator	1	Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive	8	Duke, 1992 *
Choleretic	6	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Cholesterolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cholinergic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cicatrizant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Circulotonic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Clastogenic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Depressant	6	Martindale's 28th
CNS-Stimulant	2	Duke, 1992 *
Cold-preventive	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.