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Plant Citrus aurantium (Rutaceae)

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
ANTHRANILIC-ACID-METHYL-ETHER 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.
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Fruit 420.0 3947.0 -0.04 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Leaf not available 3000.0 -0.17 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.
ASH 0 Fruit 5000.0 64000.0 0.19 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
AURANETIN 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
AURANTIAMARIN 0 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.
AURANTIAMENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
AURAPTEN 2 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
AUROPTENOL 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
BENZOIC-ACID 20 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BERGAPTEN 26 Fruit not available not available not available 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.
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Fruit 1.0 27.0 -0.10 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
BETA-COPAENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-ELEMENE 5 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-OCIMENE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-OCIMENE 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.
BETA-OCIMENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Leaf 70.0 170.0 -0.18 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BUTANOL 0 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
Testosterone-Inducer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Testosteronigenic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Thymoprotective 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
TNF-alpha-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor 1 Santti, R., Makela, S., Strauss, L., Korman, J., Kostian, M. L. 1998. Phytoestrogens: Potential Endocrine Disruptors in Males. Toxicol Ind Health, 14: 223-237.
Toxic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Tracheorelaxant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Tranquilizer 3 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jun-90.
Transdermal 4 Duke, 1992 *
Tremorigenic 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.
Tremorilytic 1 Martindale's 28th
Trichomonicide 11 Duke, 1992 *
Trypanocide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Tumor-Promoter 2 Duke, 1992 *
Tumorigenic 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.
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor 4 Duke, 1992 *
Ubiquiot 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ulcerogenic 2 HerbalGram No. 20, page 9.
Uricosuric 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Urinary-Acidulant 1 Martindale's 29th