Survey of Phenolic Compounds Produced in Citrus
Experimental Methods

Plant Materials Analyzed

The following taxa were studied:

• Citrus aurantifolia (Christm.) Swing. (lime)
• C. aurantium L. (sour orange)
• C. excelsa West. (papeda)
• C. grandis (L.) Osb. (pummelo)
      or C. maxima (J. Burman) Merrill (Scora and Nicolson 1986)
• C. grandis × C. limon (lemelo)
• C. grandis × C. reticulata (pummelo-mandarin hybrid)
• C. grandis × C. sinensis (pummelo-orange hybrid)
• C. jambhiri Lush. (rough lemon)
• C. hystrix D. C. (Mauritius papeda)
• C. limon (L.) Burm. f. (lemon)
• C. longispina West. (megacarpa papeda)
• C. macrophylla West. (alemow)
• C. medica L. (citron)
• C. microcarpa Bunge (calamondin)
• C. natsudaidai Hay. (Natsudaidai orange)
• C. paradisi Macf. (grapefruit)
• C. reticulata Blanco (mandarin)
• C. reticulata × C. grandis (tangelo)
• C. reticulata × C. sinensis (tangor)
• C. reticulata × Poncirus trifoliata (citrandarin)
• C. rugulosa Hort. ex Tan. (attani)
• C. shunokan Hort. ex Tan. (ichang)
• C. sinensis (L.) Osb. (sweet orange)
• C. sinensis × (C. sinensis × Poncirus trifoliata) (citrangor)
• C. sulcata Hort. ex Takahashi
• C. tamurana Hort. ex Tan. (Hyuganatsu pummelo)
• C. tengu Hort. ex. Tan
• C. ujukitsu Hort. ex Tan.
• C. webberi West. (Webber's Philippine pummelo)
• Eremocitrus glauca (Lindl.) Swing. (Australian desert lime)
• Fortunella sp.? × C. reticulata × (C. sinensis × Poncirus trifoliata) (citrangedin)
• Microcitrus australasica var. sanguinea (F. M. Bail.) Swing. (red pulp finger lime)
• M. inodora (F. M. Bail.) Swing. (large-leaf wild lime)
• M. warburgiana (F. M. Bail.) Ten. (New Guinea wild lime)
• Poncirus trifoliata (L.) Raf. × C. paradisi (citrumelo)

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Original posting: April 1, 1999.