Survey of Phenolic Compounds Produced in Citrus
Table 2. Percentage and total concentrations of phenolics in Citrus and related species

Citrus aurantifolia

[The CRC # represents accession number in the Citrus Variety Collection, University of California, Riverside. Abbreviations used in table: Flav/ol, flavone/flavonol; Flavan, flavanone; Psor, psoralen; Coum, coumarin/cinnamic acid; Unkn, unknown]

Cultivar, CRC #
Plant Part		Proportion							Concentration
		Flav/ol	Flavan	Psor	Coum	Unkn	Void		Flav/ol	Flavan	Coum
		(%)							(mg/g)
Abhayapuri, CRC #3762
Leaf		34.8	36.6	3.5	8.4	14.0	2.7		3.20	2.15	0.24
Flavedo		14.2	51.1	3.9	15.2	14.6	1.0		0.86	1.97	0.28
Albedo		20.5	52.4	1.3	15.9	8.6	1.2		0.64	1.04	0.15
Juice		10.2	59.9	9.0	8.1	12.7	0.0		0.07	0.25	0.02
Bishop Red, CRC #2451
Leaf		16.8	38.1	1.2	36.2	5.2	2.6		1.87	2.71	1.24
Flavedo		6.7	57.2	0.0	16.5	16.7	2.9		0.24	1.32	0.18
Albedo		4.7	61.0	0.0	12.7	18.8	2.9		0.18	1.47	0.15
Juice		4.4	64.0	0.0	6.0	24.2	1.5		0.06	0.52	0.02
Borneo Rangpur, CRC #2424
Leaf		41.4	29.5	0.0	18.4	2.9	7.8		1.42	0.64	0.19
Juice		4.6	82.0	0.0	8.6	1.6	3.2		0.04	0.44	0.02
Indian, CRC #2450
Leaf		44.3	39.7	0.0	9.7	0.0	6.3		3.35	1.92	0.23
Flavedo		34.0	60.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.3		0.83	0.95	0.00
Albedo		31.5	59.3	0.0	3.3	2.5	3.4		0.71	0.85	0.02
Juice		3.1	84.5	0.0	0.0	9.5	2.9		0.01	0.23	0.00
Otaheite Red Acidless, CRC #2709
Leaf		51.9	24.5	0.0	5.4	14.8	3.4		3.64	1.10	0.12
Flavedo		12.2	55.1	0.0	20.1	9.6	2.9		0.27	0.79	0.14
Albedo		10.6	54.8	0.0	22.8	6.2	5.7		0.26	0.84	0.17
Juice		7.6	67.5	0.0	3.9	9.6	11.4		0.06	0.35	0.01
Thornless Mexican, CRC #2683
Leaf		34.9	22.9	19.8	5.6	10.8	5.8		1.97	0.82	0.10
Flavedo		15.1	12.4	15.4	44.4	11.5	1.3		1.03	0.54	0.93
Albedo		10.6	30.1	11.3	35.5	11.4	1.1		0.17	0.31	0.18
Juice		7.0	53.1	23.6	0.0	13.1	3.4		0.03	0.12	0.00
West Indian, CRC #1813
Leaf		15.1	23.2	21.4	26.8	13.4	0.1		1.89	1.86	1.03
Flavedo		12.3	23.5	11.8	38.3	12.8	1.3		1.24	1.52	1.19
Albedo		13.8	27.4	6.3	39.3	11.8	1.4		0.91	1.15	0.80
Juice		8.8	43.6	0.0	38.6	9.1	0.0		0.10	0.30	0.13

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