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

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
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