4. Rouse, A. H., C. D. Atkins and R. L. Huggart. 1954. Effect of pulp quantity on chemical and physi cal properties of citrus juices and concentrates. Food Technol. 8: 431-435. 5. U. S. Dept. Agriculture. U. S. standards for grades of canned citrus juices and concentrates. Agricultural Marketing Service, Washington, D. C: (a) Frozen concentrated grapefruit juice, Dec. 1951; (b) Frozen concentra...

Citrus bergamia Risso et Poiteau, also known as "Bergamot," is a plant belonging to the Rutaceae family, defined as a hybrid of bitter orange and lemon. It is an endemic plant of the Calabria region (Italy). Bergamot fruit is primarily used for the extraction of its essential oil (bergamot essential oil: BEO), employed in perfume, cosmetics, food, and confections. The aim of this review was to ...

To examine the safety and efficacy of citrus aurantium, an herb now commonly used as a substitute for ephedra in dietary supplements marketed to promote weight loss, we conducted a systematic review. An extensive search of MEDLINE, EMBASE, BIOSIS, and the Cochrane Collaboration Database identified only 1 eligible randomized placebo controlled trial, which followed 20 patients for 6 weeks, demon...

background: citrus aurantium is a small citrus tree, with scented white flowers. the c. aurantium is used in asian herbal medicine primarily to treat digestive problems. objective: the goal of this study is to investigate the effect of c. aurantium flower's aqueous extract on uterine contraction in presence of some known uterus stimulants. materials and methods: in experimental study 30 virgin ...

Xanthine oxidase is a key enzyme which can catalyze hypoxanthine and xanthine to uric acid causing hyperuricemia in humans. Xanthine oxidase inhibitory activities of 24 organic extracts of four species belonging to Citrus genus of the family Rutaceae were assayed in vitro. Since the ethyl acetate extract of C. aurantium dried immature fruits showed the highest xanthine oxidase inhibitory activi...

Citrus fruits contain two groups of flavonoid glycosides that have either rutinose (L-rhamnopyranosyl-ct-1,6-glucopyranoside) or neohesperidose (L-rhamnopyranosyl-:-1.2glucopyranosiele) as their saccharide components. Flavonoid rutinosides such as hesperidin. from mandarin oranges, are tasteless, and on the other hand, flavonoid neohesperidosides such as neohesperidin and naringin, from grapefr...