| citrus bigaradia oil | |||
| An oil produced from the flowers of the bitter orange tree was analyzed by a combination of GC/MS and retention indices (Lin et al., 1986). The oil was found to possess the following composition. | |||
| # | % | Leftshift | Components |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 0.02 | camphene | |
| 25 | 0.13 | beta- | caryophyllene |
| 29 | trace | farnesol | |
| 17 | 0.04 | geranial | |
| 15 | trace | geraniol | |
| 23 | 2.15 | geranyl acetate | |
| 26 | trace | alpha- | humulene |
| 6 | 9.13 | limonene | |
| 9 | 50.46 | linalool | |
| 8 | 0.15 | (E)- | linalool oxide furanoid |
| 18 | 0.09 | (E)- | linalool oxide pyranoid |
| 21 | 0.07 | (Z)- | linalool oxide pyranoid |
| 16 | 18.39 | linalyl acetate | |
| 19 | trace | methyl anthranilate | |
| 27 | trace | gamma- | muurolene |
| 5 | 6.26 | myrcene | |
| 14 | 0.50 | neral | |
| 13 | trace | nerol | |
| 30 | 1.09 | (E)- | nerolidol |
| 28 | 0.64 | (Z)- | nerolidol |
| 22 | 1.09 | neryl acetate | |
| 24 | trace | nonanal | |
| 7 | 3.91 | beta- | ocimene |
| 2 | 0.28 | alpha- | pinene |
| 4 | 0.53 | beta- | pinene |
| 12 | trace | trans- | pinocarveol |
| 10 | 0.11 | terpinen-4-ol | |
| 11 | 4.75 | alpha- | terpineol |
| 20 | trace | alpha- | terpinyl acetate |
| 1 | trace | alpha- | thujene |
Z-K. Lin, Y-F. Hua and Y-H. Gu, The chemical constituents of the essential oil from the flowers, leaves and peels of Citrus aurantium. Zhiwu Xuebao, 28, 635-640 (1966). P&F 22, No. 6, 45, (1997) | |||