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Medicinal Plant

Citrus Aurantium




Nomenclature

Family: Rutaceae
English Common Name: Bitter Orange
Arabic Name: برتقال

Experiments

  • The essential oil compisition below is of a plant collected from the South (Maghdousheh) on February 2006.

    Compound RI Composition
    α - Pinene 918 0.43
    Camphene 934 0.04
    Sabinene 958 1.14
    β - Pinene 962 8.52
    Myrcene 976 0.71
    Myrcene 1003 0.07
    δ - Carene 1014 10.13
    Limonene 1023 0.41
    Trans β ocimene 1033 5.5
    γ - Terpinene 1044 0.2
    Terpinolene 1072 0.21
    Linalool 1087 28.45
    Terpinen - 4 - ol 1165 0.24
    Endo Fenchyl acetate 1179 2.08
    Linalyl acetate 1235 19.32
    Thymol 1277 0.11
    α - Terpinene 1330 0.27
    Neryl acetate 1342 1.05
    Geranyl acetate 1361 1.85
    β - Caryophyllene 1402 0.3
    α - Humulene 1437 0.06
    α - amorphene 1463 0.06
    Germacrene B 1477 0.08
    δ - Cadinene 1500 0.02
    Nerolidol 1543 0.49

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