The Basics On Citrus Amara
What is Citrus Amara?
What are other names for Citrus Amara?
BIGARADE OIL; BITTER ORANGE PEEL SOLID EXTRACT; NEROLI OIL, BIGARADE PETALES EXTRA; NEROLI OIL, SELECTA; ORANGE BITTER OIL; ORANGE BITTER OIL; ORANGE OIL, BITTER; ORANGE OIL, BITTER, BITTER (CITRUS AURANTIUM L.) ORANGE PEEL OIL, BITTER ORANGE OIL, BITTER ORANGE OIL, ESSENTIAL, BITTER ORANGE PEEL OIL, CITRUS AURANTIUM (BITTER ORANGE) OIL, CITRUS AURANTIUM (BITTER ORANGE) PETITGRAIN ESSENTIAL OIL, CITRUS AURANTIUM AMARA (BITTER ORANGE) OIL, CITRUS AURANTIUM AMARA (BITTER ORANGE) PEEL OIL, CITRUS AURANTIUM AMARA (PETITGRAIN) ESSENTIAL OIL, CITRUS AURANTIUM AMARA (PETITGRAIN) OIL, CITRUS AURANTIUM AMARA ESSENTIAL OIL, CITRUS AURANTIUM AMARA OIL, CITRUS AURANTIUM AMARA OIL (BITTER ORANGE) PEEL OIL, CITRUS AURANTIUM DULCIS (ORANGE) OIL, ESSENTIAL BITTER ORANGE OIL, OIL OF BITTER ORANGE, OIL, ESSENTIAL, BITTER ORANGE, OILS, ORANGE, SOUR, ORANGE PEEL OIL, BITTER (CITRUS AURANTIUM L.), ORANGE YU, and PETITGRAIN ESSENTIAL OIL
What is Citrus Amara used for?
It’s the flower water coming from the flowers of bitter orange (which is the sister of the sweet orange we all know and eat). In general, flower waters (also called hydrosols) are diluted versions of essential oils coming from the same plant. They contain the same components but in far less of a concentration.
How Citrus Amara is classified
Plant Extracts, Fragrance: Synthetic and Fragrant Plant Extracts
Recommendations for using Citrus Amara during pregnancy and breastfeeding
Avoid
Citrus Amara During Pregnancy
What we know about using Citrus Amara while pregnant or breastfeeding
Limited information available.
Developmental toxicity (significant increase in the number of fetuses with skeletal abnormalities, including lumbar ribs, fused ribs, and delayed ossification of several bones in the paws) were observed in the animals administered 2363 mg/kg/day. Source: 1977 Studies on d-limonene as a gallstone solubilizer (VII) Effects on development of mouse fetuses and offsprings. Oyo Yakuri 13(6), 863-873.
General safety info about Citrus Amara from CIR
No report found.
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Products where you might find Citrus Amara
Eminence Organic Skin Care Citrus & Kale Potent C+E Serum, Eminence Organic Skin Care Citrus Exfoliating Wash, Sanitas Skincare Glycolic Citrus Cleanser; N/A
List of References
General sources: Drugs and Lactation Database (LactMed) [Internet]. Bethesda (MD): National Library of Medicine (US); 2006-. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK501922/
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