Definition of Citral

1. Noun. Either of a pair of terpenoids, geranial and neral, that have the molecular formula C10H16O and are used in perfumery and flavourings. ¹

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Definition of Citral

1. a lemon flavoring [n -S]

Medical Definition of Citral

1. A monoterpene aldehyde consisting of both geometric isomers found in oils from lemon, orange, verbena, and lemon grass; citral-A is the trans-isomer and citral-B is the cis-isomer (neral). (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Citral

citizenry
citizens
citizens committee
citizenship
citizenships
cito
cito disp
citola
citolas
citole
citoles
citraconic
citraconic acid
citraconic anhydrides
citraconyl-aldolase
citral (current term)
citrals
citranaxanthin
citrange
citrange tree
citrangequat
citrangequats
citranges
citratase
citrate
citrate (pro-3S)-lyase
citrate (pro-3S)-lyase deacetylase
citrate (pro-3S)-lyase ligase
citrate (si)-synthase
citrate aldolase

Literary usage of Citral

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Food Inspection and Analysis: For the Use of Public Analysts, Health by Albert Ernest Leach, Andrew Lincoln Winton (1913)
"Give samples and standards identical treatment. Determination of citral. ... Dissolve 0.250 gram of cp citral in 50% ethyl alcohol and make up the solution ..."

2. Detection of the Common Food Adulterants by Edwin Morris Bruce (1917)
"citral This is present in the oil of lemon grass, which is sometimes used as a ... citral may be detected by the following test by Burgess: Add 20 cc. of ..."

3. The Volatile Oils by Eduard Gildemeister, Friedrich Hoffmann (1900)
"If the temperature rises too high during the solution of the crystallized compound, caustic alkali also fails to separate citral from the liquid, ..."

4. The Chemistry of the Non-benzenoid Hydrocarbons and Their Simple Derivatives by Benjamin Talbott Brooks (1922)
"H2C —C —H. OHC —C —H nerol citral 6 citral a and citral 6'have practically ... Ordinary natural citral gives nearly pure condensation products of citral a. ..."

5. Allen's Commercial Organic Analysis: A Treatise on the Properties, Modes of by Alfred Henry Allen (1911)
"Tiemann's figures are as follows: a-citral yields a semicarbazone melting at 164°, ... The methods of estimating citral are described on page 270, ..."

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