Il Kumquat (Fortunella margarita)  belongs to the Rutaceae family and is also called Chinese Mandarin, Citrus japonica, kingen.

It has excellent antioxidant properties due to the substantial presence of limonene as well as phenolic acids, flavonoids, flavonones.

Other components, myrcene, delta-germacrene, have an antibacterial function (1).

Essential oils are extracted that have proved interesting against prostate cancer in vitro (2).

For more information:

Kumquat studies

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(1) Fitsiou E, Mitropoulou G, Spyridopoulou K, Tiptiri-Kourpeti A, Vamvakias M, Bardouki H, Panayiotidis MΙ, Galanis A, Kourkoutas Y, Chlichlia K, Pappa A.  Phytochemical Profile and Evaluation of the Biological Activities of Essential Oils Derived from the Greek Aromatic Plant Species Ocimum basilicum, Mentha spicata, Pimpinella anisum and Fortunella margarita.   Molecules. 2016 Aug 16;21(8). pii: E1069. doi: 10.3390/molecules21081069.

(2) Jayaprakasha GK, Murthy KN, Demarais R, Patil BS.   Inhibition of prostate cancer (LNCaP) cell proliferation by volatile components from Nagami kumquats.  Planta Med. 2012 Jun;78(10):974-80. doi: 10.1055/s-0031-1298619.

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