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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.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
SINENSETIN 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SINENSETIN 2 Plant 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.
SODIUM 1 Fruit 54.0 116.0 -0.17 Suziki, A., Morimoto, I., and Okitzu, T., Elution of Metals from Crude Drugs, Shoykugaku Zasshi 36(3):190-195.
STACHYDRINE 6 Leaf not available 1000.0 not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
TANGERETIN 15 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.
TANGERETIN 15 Pericarp not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TANGERETIN 15 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TANNIC-ACID 41 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN 35 Fruit 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.
TERPENYL-ACETATE 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.
TERPENYL-ACETATE 0 Pericarp not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TERPENYL-ACETATE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TERPINEN-4-OL 23 Leaf 50.0 80.0 -0.29 Duke, 1992 *
TERPINOLENE 9 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.
TERPINOLENE 9 Leaf 1.0 10.0 -0.22 Duke, 1992 *
TERPINOLENE 9 Pericarp not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TERPINOLENE 9 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TETRA-O-METHYL-SCUTELLAREIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN 31 Fruit 1.0 6.0 0.09 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
THYMOL 71 Leaf not available 1.0 -0.42 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Urinary-Antiseptic 1 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.
Uterorelaxant 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Uterotrophic 1 Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 227.1999.
Varroacide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Vasodilator 7 Duke, 1992 *
Vasopressor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Vermicide 2 Duke, 1992 *
Vermifuge 1 Duke, 1992 *
Verrucolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Vitamin-A-Activity 1 Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary 5 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *