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Chemical D-LIMONENE

Chemical ID
DLIMONENE
Ubiquitous
No
List of known dosages
Dosage
LDlo=4,600 (orl rat)
MLD=5,000 mg/kg (orl hmn)
LD50=4,600 mg/kg (orl rat)
LD50=5,000 mg/kg (orl rat)
List of chemical activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Dosage Reference
Antiacetylcholinesterase IC22=1.2 mM Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Breast) 8,000 mg/kg Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Gastric) not available Duke, 1992 *
Antimelanomic IC50=450 uM/l Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Breast) 8,000 mg/kg Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Gastric) not available Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter not available Duke, 1992 *
Apoptotic 8,000 mg/kg Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive not available Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive not available Duke, 1992 *
Differentiator 8,000 mg/kg Duke, 1992 *
FLavor FEMA 30-2,300 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Hypocholesterolemic not available Duke, 1992 *
Insecticide not available Duke, 1992 *
Insectifuge not available Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Litholytic not available Martindale's 28th
Nephrotoxic not available Duke, 1992 *
P450-2B1-Inhibitor IC50=0.19 uM Duke, 1992 *
Pesticide not available Duke, 1992 *
List of chemical plants.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Plant Name Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
Aegle marmelos Leaf not available not available not available Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
Agastache foeniculum Plant not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
Agastache rugosa Essential Oil not available 50000.0 1.1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Agathosma betulina Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
Boswellia serrata Resin, Exudate, Sap not available 7200.0 not available Sabinsa: A series of well documented proprietary PR booklets,
e.g.Sabinsa Corps. 1998. Bronchial Asthma - Its etiology and control with traditional herbal extracts. Sabinsa Corporation. Piscataway, NJ. 49 pp.
Boswellia serrata Essential Oil not available 45000.0 0.8 Jim Duke's personal files.
Calamintha nepeta Plant not available 385.0 -0.5 J. Ethnopharmacology, 39: 167.
Citrus aurantium Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Citrus limon Pericarp Essent. Oil not available 694400.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
Citrus limon Essential Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
Citrus limon Pericarp not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
Citrus limon Leaf Essent. Oil 99000.0 667000.0 1.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
Citrus medica Pericarp not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Citrus paradisi Fruit 3410.0 9575.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
Citrus paradisi Plant not available 9000.0 2.0 Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
Citrus sinensis Fruit Juice not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
Conyza canadensis Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Croton eluteria Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Croton lechleri Plant not available not available not available Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp.
Foeniculum vulgare Seed not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)