A number of crystalline compounds isolated from peel of tangerines resistant to "mal secco" were characterized and tested for fungistatic activity toward Deuterophoma tracheiphila. Nobiletin exhibited strong fungistatic activity, tangeritin was weakly active, and hesperidin slightly stimulated
OBJECTIVE
To study the chemical constituents of processed green tangerine peel(Citrus reticulata).
METHODS
Using chemical techniques and spectroscopic analysis.
RESULTS
Four compounds were isolated from the peel and identified as hesperidin, neohesperidin, nobiletin and tangeritin.
CONCLUSIONS
The