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Backhousia citriodora F. Muell. (Lemon Myrtle), an Unrivaled Source of Citral
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: Received: 31 May 2021 / Approved: 1 June 2021 / Online: 1 June 2021 (12:23:28 CEST)
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Southwell, I. Backhousia citriodora F. Muell. (Lemon Myrtle), an Unrivalled Source of Citral. Foods 2021, 10, 1596. Southwell, I. Backhousia citriodora F. Muell. (Lemon Myrtle), an Unrivalled Source of Citral. Foods 2021, 10, 1596.
Abstract
Lemon oils are amongst the highest volume and most frequently traded of the flavour and fragrance essential oils. Citronellal and citral are considered the key components responsible for the lemon note with citral (neral + geranial) preferred. Of the myriad of sources of citral, the Australian myrtaceous tree, Backhousia citriodora, is considered superior. This review examines the history, natural occurrence, the cultivation, the taxonomy, the chemistry, the biological activity, the toxicology, standardisation and the commercialisation of Backhousia citriodora especially in relation to its essential oil.
Keywords
Backhousia citriodora; lemon myrtle; lemon oils; citral; geranial; neral; iso-citrals; citronellal; flavour; fragrance; biological activity
Subject
Chemistry and Materials Science, Analytical Chemistry
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