Backhousia citriodora F. Muell. (Lemon Myrtle), an Unrivalled Source of Citral
Ian A. Southwell
Foods
Abstract
Lemon oils are amongst the highest volume and most frequently traded of the flavor 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, Lemon Myrtle, <i>Backhousia citriodora</i> F. Muell. (Myrtaceae), is considered superior. This review examines the history, the natural occurrence, the cultivation, the taxonomy, the chemistry, the biological activity, the toxicology, the standardisation and the commercialisation of <i>Backhousia citriodora</i> especially in relation to its essential oil.
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citral key component lemon note
“Citronellal and citral are considered the key components responsible for the lemon note with citral (neral + geranial) preferred”
citral source Backhousia citriodora
“Of the myriad of sources of citral, the Australian myrtaceous tree, Lemon Myrtle, <i>Backhousia citriodora</i> F. Muell. (Myrtaceae), is considered superior”