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Citrus reticulata

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Scientific Name: Citrus reticulata Blanco.
Family: Rutaceae Blanco.
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Sapindales
Genus: Citrus Blanco.
Fruiting Season: Mid- January to Mid- February.
Fruting Condition: Ripe
  • Southern plateau and Hills Region & East Coast Plains and Hills Region
  • Eastern Himalayan Region
  • Gujarat Region
  • North-Western Mountain Region
  • West Coast Plains and Ghat Region
  • West Coast Plains and Ghat Region & East Coast Plains and Hills Region

Andhra Pradesh : Naarinja
Assam : Komola
Gujarat : Santara
Himachal pradesh : Kinnow
Kerala : Madhuranaranna
Manipur : Komla
Mizoram : Serthlum
Tamil Nadu : Kamalappalam
Compound/Chemical Immunomodulatory Activity Pathway Immunomodulatory Marker
Fruit peel extractAnti-inflamatory activityIn in-vitro studies of the fruit extracts and their effectiveness in reducing inflammatory targets including NF-κB, iNOS, and COX-2, and the markers of chronic inflammation. NF-Kb, Inos, COX-2[5][8]
Fruit extractAntioxidant activityThe ethanolic extracts of C. reticulata possessed high phenolic and tannins content and exhibited good antioxidant activity by the hydroxyl radical scavenging activity and reducing power capacity methods.-[5][8]
Major Class Metabolites
Aldehyde derivativesOctanal(Flesh)
Alkane derivativesHeneicosane(Flesh)
BenzenoidsN-methyltyramine(Flesh)
Benzyl alcohol serivatives3,4-dimethoxybenzyl alcohol(Flesh)
Carboxylic acid derivativesIchanexic acid(Flesh), Citric acid(Flesh)
CarotenoidBeta-carotene(Flesh), Lutein(Flesh)
DimethylnitrosamineN-nitrosodimethylamine(Flesh)
DiterpenoidsKaurane(Flesh)
Fatty alcohol estersCitronellyl acetate(Flesh), Citronellyl formate(Flesh)
FlavoneApigenin(Flesh)
Flavonoid3,5-dihydroxy-6,7,8-trimethoxyflavone(Flesh), 5-demethylsinensetin(Flesh), 5-hydroxyauranetin(Flesh), Nobiletin(Flesh), Hesperidin(Whole fruit), Naringin(Whole fruit), Tangeritin(Whole fruit), Nobiletin(Whole fruit)
Flavonoid glycosidesHesperidin(Flesh), Isomargaritene(Flesh), Isosinensetin(Flesh), Kaempferol 3-sophorotrioside 7-rhamnoside(Flesh), Naringin(Flesh), Narirutin(Flesh)
FuranolactonesLimonin(Flesh)
GlycosidesEriocitrin(Flesh), Neohesperidin(Flesh)
IsoflavoneFormononetin(Flesh), Genistin(Flesh)
Lignan glycosidesCitrusin A(Flesh), Citrusin B(Flesh)
LimonoidsObacunone(Flesh)
Monoterpenes3-carene(Flesh), Alpha terpinene(Flesh)
MonoterpenoidsAlpha terpineol(Flesh), Alpha terpinyl acetate(Flesh), Beta pinene(Flesh), Dipentene(Flesh), Eucalyptol(Flesh), Geraniol(Flesh)
Nobiletin (Flavonoid)5-demethylnobiletin(Flesh)
Organosulfur compoundsIsolimonoic acid(Flesh)
Phenolic acidCoumarin 2(Flesh), Coumarin derivative(Flesh), Cyclocoumarol(Flesh)
Phenolic gkycosidesConiferin(Flesh)
Pyrrol derivatives5,22-dihydroporphyrin(Flesh)
SesquiterpenoidsAlpha-humulene(Flesh), Alpha-ionone(Flesh)
Unsaturated Fatty AcidsLinolenic acid(Flesh)
Traditional Practice Diseases Plant Part Additional Knowledge
04.1.1, 04.1.1, 04.1.1, 04.1.1
Incompatible with Milk, Curd and cheese

Incompatible with milk and other dairy products.

CSIR-North East Institute of Science and Technology, Jorhat-6, Assam, India
CSIR-Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology, Palampur-61,Himachal Pradesh, India