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Essential Oils of Some Orange Peels

Kazuyuki Maekawa, Masanobu Kodama, Mitsuo Kushii, Mitsutoshi Mitamura

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The essential oils contained in the peels of Kabusu, Sudachi, Iyokan, Daidai and Natsudaidai orange were studied by gas-chromatography. The major components of each essential oil were d-limonene, β-pinene, camphene, 1,8-cineol, and caprylaldehyde. As minor components there were found 23 compounds in Kabusu, 14 in Sudachi, 9 in Iyokan, 14 in Natsudaidai, and 11 in Daidai oil.

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Key concepts: Chemistry, Camphene, Essential oil, Limonene, Orange (colour), Botany, Organic chemistry, Chromatography