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Plant Citrus aurantium (Rutaceae)

Common Names
Petitgrain; Bitter Orange
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
(+)-AURAPTENAL 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
4-TERPINENOL 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.
4-TERPINENOL 0 Pericarp not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4-TERPINEOL 8 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
5-HYDROXYAURANETIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
6,7-DIMETHOXYCOUMARIN 1 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.
ACETALDEHYDE 6 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ACETIC-ACID 16 Flower 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.
ACETIC-ACID 16 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-HUMULENE 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-IONONE 5 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Leaf 1.0 20.0 -0.30 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Leaf not available 1.0 -0.22 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE 13 Leaf not available 1.0 -0.31 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Leaf 460.0 760.0 0.74 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINYL-ACETATE 0 Leaf 20.0 229.0 -0.50 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-YLANGENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ANTHRANILIC-ACID-METHYL-ETHER 0 Flower 4.0 26.0 not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
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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
Anticardiospasmic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticariogenic 11 Muroi, H. and Kubo, I. 1993. Combination Effects of Antibacterial Compounds in Green Tea Flavor against Streptococcus mutans. J. Agric. Food Chem. 41: 1102-1105.
Anticarpal-Tunnel 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticataleptic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticataract 5 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticephalagic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticervicaldysplasic 3 Duke, 1992 *
AntiCFS 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticheilitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antichilblain 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticholinesterase 1 L. Gracza (1985) as cited by Buchbauer re antiacetylcholinesterase.
Anticlimacteric 3 Duke, 1992 *
Anticoagulant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Anticoeliac 1 Martindale's 28th
Anticold 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticolic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticolitic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Anticonvulsant 5 Duke, 1992 *
Anticoronary 3 Duke, 1992 *
AntiCrohn's 2 Martindale's 29th