CITRUS AURANTIUM P.E.

Citrus aurantium P.E.
English Name: Immature Orange Fruit
Latin Name: Fructus Aurantii Immaturus
Plant Original: Citrus aurantium L
Part Used: Fruit
Specification: Synephrine 5%--98%Test By HPLC
Visual: white crystal
Solubility: soluble in water
Synephrine is the main "active" compound found in the fruit of a plant called Citrus aurantium. The fruit is also known as zhi shi (in traditional Chinese medicine), and as green orange, sour orange and bitter orange in other parts of the world. Synephrine is chemically very similar to the ephedrine and pseudo-ephedrine found in many OTC cold/allergy medications and in a number of weight loss and energy supplements which contain Ephedra.