Plant Citrus aurantium (Rutaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

U.S. Department of Agriculture

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
TRANS-HEXEN-2-AL-1	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-OCIMENE	0	Leaf	1.0	332.0	0.21	Duke, 1992 *
UMBELLIFERONE	22	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
UNDECANAL	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VALENCENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VIOLAXANTHIN	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.
VIOLAXANTHIN	2	Pericarp	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VIOLAXANTHIN	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Fruit	857000.0	892000.0	0.53	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ZEAXANTHIN	5	Fruit	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.
ZINC	77	Fruit	not available	16.0	-0.43	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
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 *