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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Citrus aurantium (Rutaceae)

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
(+)-AURAPTENAL 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
4-TERPINENOL 0 Hull Husk List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
4-TERPINENOL 0 Pericarp *
4-TERPINEOL 8 Plant *
5-HYDROXYAURANETIN 0 Plant *
6,7-DIMETHOXYCOUMARIN 1 Fruit Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
ACETALDEHYDE 6 Plant *
ACETIC-ACID 16 Flower List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ACETIC-ACID 16 Plant *
ALPHA-HUMULENE 2 Plant *
ALPHA-IONONE 5 Plant *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Leaf 1.0 20.0 -0.30 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Leaf 1.0 -0.22 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Plant *
ALPHA-TERPINENE 13 Leaf 1.0 -0.31 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Leaf 460.0 760.0 0.74 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Plant *
ALPHA-TERPINYL-ACETATE 0 Leaf 20.0 229.0 -0.50 *
ALPHA-YLANGENE 0 Plant *
ANTHRANILIC-ACID-METHYL-ETHER 0 Flower 4.0 26.0 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Insulinogenic 2 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Interferon-Synergist 1 *
Interferonogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Interleukin-6-Inhibitor 2 *
Irritant 20 *
Juvabional 2 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Keratitigenic 1 *
Lactagogue 1 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Mar-91.
Larvicide 3 Berenbaum, M. R., The natives knew, Chemtech, (May), 1990, 275-279.
Larvistat 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Laxative 6 *
Laxative? 2 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Sep-91.
Leptingenic 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Lipolytic 2 *
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 4 *
Lithogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Litholytic 3 Martindale's 29th
Lubricant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Lymphocytogenic 1 Gawron, A., Gorski*, G., Glowniak**, K. 1989. Increased proliferation of phytohaemagglutinin (PHA)-stimulated human leucocytes after 8-methoxypsoralen treatment. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 194-195, 1990.
Lymphokinetic 1 *