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Common Names
Petitgrain; Bitter Orange
How this plant is used
Food
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CADINENE | 4 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| CADINENE | 4 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Fruit | 18.0 | 4230.0 | 0.09 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMPHENE | 9 | 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. |
| CAMPHENE | 9 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAPRINALDEHYDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Fruit | 97000.0 | 909000.0 | 0.67 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| CARVONE | 19 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARYOPHYLLENE | 31 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CINNAMIC-ACID | 18 | 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. |
| CINNAMIC-ACID | 18 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-3-HEXENOL | 1 | Leaf | not available | 1.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-OCIMENE | 3 | Leaf | 1.0 | 110.0 | -0.67 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CITRAL | 53 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CITRANTIN | 2 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CITRIC-ACID | 23 | 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. |
| CITRIC-ACID | 23 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CITRONELLAL | 20 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CITRONELLIC-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. |
| CITRONELLOL | 15 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Herbicide | 9 | Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp. |
| Histaminic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypercholesterolemic | 1 | Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.) |
| Hypertensive | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Hyperthermic | 1 | HerbalGram No. 22 - Spring 1990, page 45. |
| Hypnotic | 3 | Schultes, R.E. De Plantis Toxicariis e Mundo Novo Tropicale Commentationes XXXVI. Justicia (Acanthaceae) as a Source of an Hallucinogenic Snuff. Economic Botany 44(1): 61-70, 1990. |
| Hypocalcemic | 1 | Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006. |
| Hypocholesterolemic | 8 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Hypocholesterolemic? | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Hypoglycemic | 5 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 165 |
| Hypolipidemic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypotensive | 8 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypothermic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypouricemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Immunomodulator | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Immunostimulant | 6 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Immunosuppressant | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Insecticide | 9 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Insectifuge | 21 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Insectiphile | 6 | Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986. |