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
PHENYL-ETHYL-ALCOHOL	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.
PHENYLACETIC-ACID	2	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.
PHENYLACETIC-ACID	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLETHANOL	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Fruit	120.0	1600.0	-0.49	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
POTASSIUM	14	Fruit	1020.0	13800.0	-0.36	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Fruit	6000.0	56000.0	-0.72	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
PYRROL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PYRROLE	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.
PYRROLE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RHOIFOLIN	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Fruit	1.0	3.0	-0.43	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
RUTOSIDE	4	Pericarp	not available	not available	not available	Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
SABINENE	5	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.
SABINENE	5	Leaf	1.0	40.0	-0.24	Duke, 1992 *
SABINENE	5	Pericarp	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SABINENE	5	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SESELIN	3	Root	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.
SINENSETIN	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.
SINENSETIN	2	Pericarp	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
Dermatitigenic	3	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Detoxicant	3	Duke, 1992 *
Detoxicant (Alcohol)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Differentiator	1	Duke, 1992 *
Disinfectant	1	Martindale's 29th
Diuretic	7	Duke, 1992 *
DME-Inhibitor	2	Advance in Chinese Medicinal Materials Research. 1985. Eds. H. M. Chang, H. W. Yeung, W. -W. Tso and A. Koo. World Scientific Publishing Co., Philadelphia Pa., page 134.
Embryotoxic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Emetic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Emmenagogue	1	Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Mar-91.
Enterocontractant	1	J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.
Enterorelaxant	1	J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.
Enterotoxic	1	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Ergogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
ERK-1-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
ERK-2-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Estrogenic	5	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Expectorant	11	Duke, 1992 *
Fibrinolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Fistula-Preventive	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).