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]]>Orange cortex, Bigarade orange, Seville orange, china Orange, Bitter orange peel
Orange Peel is consists of fresh and dried outer part of the pericarp of citrus aurantium Linn.
Family :- Rutaceae
It contain not less than 2.5% of volatile oil.
Colour :- Dark orange reddish
Odour :- Aromatic
Taste :- Aromatic and bitter
Size :- The strips (or) the ribbons are of varying in size and shape. They are about 3 to 4 mm in thickness.
Fracture :- Short
Shinoda Test :- A small quantity of test residue is dissolved in 5 ml of ethanol (95% v/v) and treated with few drop of conc. Hcl and 0.5 g of magnesium metal, pink or red colour is developed.
1. Which of the following is specific test for orange peel ?
A. Stromium test
B. Brontager test
C. Shinado test
D. Shinoda Test
2. Orange Peel belong to family
A. Liliaceae
B. Rutaceae
C. Solanaceae
D. Umbellifera
3. How many percentage of volatile oil present in orange peel ?
A. 2.5%
B. 1.5%
C. 0.5%
D. 1%
4. Which of the following Chemical Constitution present in orange peel has 90 percentage ?
A. Citral
B. Vitamin C
C. Pectin
D. Limanene
5. Which sentence is false about Orange Peel ?
A. Orange Peel is also known as china Orange.
B. It contain 2.5 % or more volatile oil.
C. It has calcium oxalate Crystal.
D. It has short fracture.
6. Which of the following is used as flavouring agent in oral Liquid preparation ?
A. Orange Peel
B. Rose
C. Lemon peel
D. All of the above
7. Which of the following is not a use of orange peel ?
A. Carminative
B. Aromatic
C. Flavouring agent
D. Asthma
8. Which of the following is morphology characteristics of the orange peel ?
A. It has yellow colour.
B. It is sour in taste.
C. It is aromatic and bitter taste.
D. It has bitter odour.
9. Aurantimarin is
A. Alkaloids
B. Glycoside
C. Flavanoids
D. None of the above
10. Orange Peel is bitter Tonic.
A. True
B. False
Answer Key :-
1. D
2. B
3. A
4. D
5. C
6. D
7. D
8. C
9. B
10. A
Reference :-
16 edition of trease and evans Pharmacognosy Text Book ( pg.no. 279)
Citrus peel as a source of functional ingredient: A review
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1658077X16300960
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