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- Orange → one of the most appreciated and appreciated citrus fruits by young and old, the subject of numerous artistic works
- Orange peel → an ideal pretext to compare the much hated and ubiquitous cellulite
- Orange in the kitchen → goes well with meat and fish dishes, enriches fruit salads, decorates aperitifs and soft drinks
- The most consumed and widespread citrus fruit in the world
- natural remedy against the stages of lack of appetite
- vitamin bomb
- antioxidant
- stimulates brain activity
- promotes digestion
- relieves stomach pains
- purifies the body
- ensures a calming effect
In Italy: 1300 → the Arabs brought oranges to Sicily
- purtualli (in Sicilian)
- portogàl (in Ferrara dialect)
- partaall (in Abruzzo)
- partaall (in Liguria)
- naransa (in Veneto)
- purtiall (on the Gargano)
- portacallu (in Salento)
- Portugal in literature
- Botanical name: Citrus aurantium subsp. sweet
- Family: Rutaceae
- Leaves: fleshy, elongated, shiny and dark green
- Flowers: white, fragrant, with 5 petals
- Fruits: rounded hesperides
- Exocarp: flavedo, orange color
- Mesocarp: white, spongy, bitter
- Endocarp: succulent and fleshy, divided into 8-12 cloves containing few seeds
- absence of green caulinary spines
- sweet taste
- leaves without winged petiole
Blood oranges: varieties blue raspberry, dogwood And tarot
Juice oranges
Table oranges
- 34 Kcal
- 87 g of water
- 8 g of carbohydrates
- 1.6g of fiber
- 0.7g of protein
- 0.2 g of fat
(Portugal oil)
- Limonene
- Linalool
- Aldehydes
- Geranial
- Coumarins
- Furocoumarine
- Nerale
- Citroflavonoids
- Carotenoids
- Flavanones
- Anthocyanins
- Hydroxycinnamic acids
- Fatty oils
- Antispasmodic and stomachic virtues → useful for states of inappetence
- Strengthens capillaries → useful for capillary fragility
- Antiscorbutic activity
- Antiradical activity → strengthen the body's immune defenses
- Promotes digestion → relieves any pain in the stomach
- Mild sedative, diuretic and stomachic → dried leaves
- Antitussive and spasmolytic virtues → to counter cough (convulsive type) and spasms (dried flowers)
- Sedative virtues → useful in the treatment of insomnia
- Reduction of uricemia
- Perfume industry → formulation of anti-aging creams, depigmenters and after-sun lotions, perfumed waters, shampoos, shower gels, body milks and perfumed creams
- Food sector → preparation of liqueurs and spirits, jams and fruit jellies
- Photosensitizing properties → orange used in products to treat skin diseases
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