Secondary metabolites of Citrus aurantium var amara

Citrus aurantium var amara L. (C. aurantium), commonly known as bitter orange, or Seville orange, belonging to the Rutaceae family is one of the main horticultural crops having an important economic value for its essential oils, particularly neroli oil. This work represents a bibliographic synthesis on the secondary metabolites from sour orange (essential oils and organic extracts), their identification, their synthesis, the different techniques of extraction of these metabolites, in particular the extraction by supercritical fluid, as well as the previous works treating the biological powers of sour orange.

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Dhekra Trabelsi es doctora en Industria Alimentaria por la Escuela Superior de Industrias Alimentarias en 2017 y tiene un Diploma de Especialización en Investigación Científica por la Universidad de Zaragoza en 2016, además de ser ingeniera por el Instituto Nacional Agronómico de Túnez en 2008.