Petitgrain

Petitgrain (Citrus aurantium ssp. amara) essential oil in a clear glass vial

Petitgrain (pronounced [pəti gʁɛ̃]) is an essential oil that is extracted from the leaves and green twigs of the bitter orange tree (Citrus aurantium ssp. amara) via steam distillation.[1] It is also known as petitgrain bigarade.[2]

  1. ^ Taghadomi-Saberi, Saeedeh; Mas Garcia, Sílvia; Allah Masoumi, Amin; Sadeghi, Morteza; Marco, Santiago (2018-06-13). "Classification of Bitter Orange Essential Oils According to Fruit Ripening Stage by Untargeted Chemical Profiling and Machine Learning". Sensors (Basel, Switzerland). 18 (6): 1922. Bibcode:2018Senso..18.1922T. doi:10.3390/s18061922. ISSN 1424-8220. PMC 6021931. PMID 29899257.
  2. ^ "Petitgrain Bigarade - Organic". www.edenbotanicals.com. Retrieved 2022-05-04.