Abstract
Flavanones constitute the majority of flavonoids in citrus fruits such as sweet ( Citrus sinensis) and sour oranges ( C. aurantium) and their near relatives—tangerines/mandarins ( C. reticulata), tangors and tangelos. The relevant chemical analytic literature was searched, abstracted, documented, standardized, examined for quality, enumerated, and summarized in a database for these citrus flavanones: hesperidin, naringin, narirutin, eriocitrin, neohesperidin, didymin, neoeriocitrin, and poncirin. Sour oranges had a distinct flavanone profile dominated by naringin and neohesperidin, and were highest in total flavanones (summed means) (48 mg/100 g aglycones). Total flavanones (summed means) in sweet oranges, tangerines, and tangors were similar (∼20 mg/100 g), and hesperidin and narirutin dominated the flavanone profiles for these three fruits. Total flavanones (summed means) in tangelos (30 mg/100) were midway between sour and sweet oranges and the tangelo flavanone profile exhibited characteristics of both species. The database provides information on several varieties of citrus and eight flavanone compounds.
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