ABSTRACT
It does not take an anthropological genius or decades of research to surmise that citrus either as a food or strictly for fragrance value was used long before any written history. Today citrus fruit, juice or peel oils are currently used in everything from food or food preparations, soft drinks, ice cream, candy, pharmaceutical preparations, air fresheners, cleaning products, solvents as well as colognes and fine perfumes. More than 80,000 metric tons are consumed from orange, tangerine, lemon, lime, and grapefruit alone (Nonino, 1997).
