<p>A reversed-phase liquid chromatographic method was developed for the assay of synephrine in <italic>Citrus aurantium</italic> dry extract. The chromatographic separation used a C18 (250 × 4.6 mm, 5 µm) column and a mobile phase consisting of acetonitrile: 0.01% orthophosphoric acid (pH 3.0) at a 15:85 ratio, flow rate of 1 mL min^-1 and detection at 220 nm. The detector response was linear in the range 15 - 45 mg mL^-1. Specificity and stability, indicating suitability of the method, were confirmed using stress conditions (acid and basic hydrolysis, oxidation and photolysis). Intraday precision yielded RSD values of less than 1.77% and interday precision of 2.5%. The average recovery accuracy of the test was 102.03%. The method was validated according to international guidelines and can be used in routine quality control and stability studies of <italic>Citrus aurantium</italic> preparations. The preliminary stability study showed that synephrine is susceptible to hydrolysis, oxidation and photolysis.</p>