Medical Toxicology of Natural Substances || Citrus Oil and Limonene

✍ Scribed by Barceloux, Donald G.

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
• Year: 2008
• Weight: 214 KB
• Category: Article
• ISBN: 047172761X
• DOI: 10.1002/9780470330319.ch98

✦ Synopsis

Both the d -and l -isomers of limonene and the racemic mixture (dipentene) occur naturally. In Florida in the early 1940s, d -limonene was discovered as a by -product of citrus molasses production. 1 Since the 1980s, dlimonene has been an alternative to chlorinated hydrocarbon solvents and degreasing agents. In 2004, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) banned the use of ephedra products, and synephrine -containing herbal products of bitter orange have been promoted as alternative dietary supplements for energy enhancement and weight loss.