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Hagvall, L.; Bruze, M.; Engfeldt, M.; Isaksson, M.; Lindberg, M.; Ryberg, K.; Stenberg, B.; Svedman, C.; Karlberg, A. T.; Bråred Christensson, J. (2020). "Contact allergy to citral and its constituents geranial and neral, coupled with reactions to the prehapten and prohapten geraniol".
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in perfumery. It is used to fortify lemon oil. (Nerol, another perfumery compound, has a less intense but sweeter lemon note.) The aldehydes citronellal and citral are considered key components responsible for the lemon note, with citral preferred.
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Dubey, N. K.; Takeya, Koichi; Itokawa, Hideji (1997). "Citral: A cytotoxic principle isolated from the essential oil of Cymbopogon citratus against P388 leukaemia cells".
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Liao, Pei-Chun; Yang, Tsung-Shi; Chou, Ju-Ching; Chen, Jie; Lee, Shu-Ching; Kuo, Yueh-Hsiung; Ho, Chen-Lung; Chao, Louis Kuo-Ping (1 December 2015).
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Shi, Chao; Song, Kaikuo; Zhang, Xiaorong; Sun, Yi; Sui, Yue; Chen, Yifei; Jia, Zhenyu; Sun, Huihui; Sun, Zheng; Xia, Xiaodong (14 July 2016).
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Robacker, D.C.; Hendry, L.B. (1977). "Neral and geranial: components of the sex pheromone of the parasitic wasp, Itoplectis conquisitor".
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Waghulde, S.; Parmar, P.; Mule, J.; Pashte, D.; Patil, B.; Modhale, N.; Gorde, N.; Kharche, A.; Kale, M. (2020).
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In a report (1997), citral is mentioned as cytotoxic to P(388) mouse leukaemia cells. It has strong
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Andersen, Dorthe N.; Holmberg, Rikke D.; Larsen, Jette R.; Søborg, Inge; Cohr, Karl-Heinz (2006).
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Onawunmi, Grace O. (September 1989). "Evaluation of the antimicrobial activity of citral".
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Kuwahara, Yasumasa; Suzuki, Hiroshi; Matsumoto, Katsuhiko; Wada, Yoshitake (1983).
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has shown promising insecticidal and antifungal activity against storage pests.
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occur as a mixture, often not in equal proportions; e.g. in essential oil of
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Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their
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InChI=1S/C10H16O/c1-9(2)5-4-6-10(3)7-8-11/h5,7-8H,4,6H2,1-3H3/b10-7+
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It has been tested (2016) in vitro against the food-borne pathogen
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InChI=1/C10H16O/c1-9(2)5-4-6-10(3)7-8-11/h5,7-8H,4,6H2,1-3H3/b10-7+
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A number of studies have shown allergic reactions to Citral. The
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Zachariah, T. J.; Parthasarathy, V. A.; Chempakam, B. (2008).
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Citral has a strong lemon (citrus) scent and is used as an
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F. Muell. (Lemon Myrtle), an Unrivalled Source of Citral"
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Citral is commonly used as a food additive ingredient.
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Index

Geraniol
Skeletal formula of geranial
Ball-and-stick model of the geranial molecule
Skeletal formula of neral
Ball-and-stick model of the neral molecule
IUPAC name
CAS Number
5392-40-5
JSmol
Interactive image
Interactive image
B00306
ChEBI
CHEBI:16980
ChEMBL
ChEMBL1080997
ChemSpider
553578
ECHA InfoCard
100.023.994
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EC Number
IUPHAR/BPS
6327
KEGG
C01499
PubChem
638011
RTECS number
UNII

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