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Chemical ID
LIMONENE
Ubiquitous
No
| Dosage | Reference |
|---|---|
| LD50=4,600 mg/kg (orl rat)? | |
| MLD=5,000 mg/kg (orl hmn) | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |
| LD50=5,000 mg/kg (orl rat) |
| Activity | Dosage | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Acaricide | LC100=8 uM | Duke, 1992 * |
| AChE-Inhibitor | not available | Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8. |
| Allelochemic | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Allergenic | 1/20th carene | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiacetylcholinesterase | IC22-26=1.2 mM | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiadenomic | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antialzheimeran? | not available | Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8. |
| Antiasthmatic | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antibacterial | not available | Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994. |
| Anticancer | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiesophagitic | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antifeedant | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiflu | not available | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 195. |
| Antiinflammatory | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antilithic | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antilymphomic | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimetastatic (Stomach) | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimutagenic | not available | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235. |
| Antiobesity | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiseptic | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Plant Name | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abies alba | Leaf | 855.0 | 1197.0 | 0.8 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Abies alba | Resin, Exudate, Sap | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Abies balsamea | Plant | 720.0 | 1550.0 | 0.5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Abies spectabilis | Leaf | 115.0 | 305.0 | -0.1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Achillea millefolium | Leaf | 1.0 | 170.0 | -0.3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Acinos suaveolens | Shoot | not available | 3700.0 | 1.6 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Acorus calamus | Rhizome | 10.0 | 1400.0 | 1.3 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| Aeolanthus myriantha | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| Aesculus hippocastanum | Flower Essent. Oil | not available | 42000.0 | -1.4 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Agastache foeniculum | Plant | 2.0 | 25.0 | -0.5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Agastache nepetoides | Plant | not available | 2.0 | -0.5 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| Agastache rugosa | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Agastache urticifolia | Plant | not available | 2464.0 | 1.0 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| Agathosma betulina | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Ageratum conyzoides | Shoot | not available | 340.0 | -0.2 | R. Vera, (1993); Chemical composition of the essential oil Ageratum conyzoides L. (Asteraceae) from Reunion, Flavour Fragr. J., Vol.8, 257-260. |
| Aloysia citrodora | Plant | 42.0 | 1050.0 | 0.2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Alpinia galanga | Leaf | not available | 50.0 | -0.4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Alpinia galanga | Rhizome | 1.0 | 165.0 | -0.9 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Alpinia galanga | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 0.4 | -0.7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Alpinia galanga | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | 3500.0 | -0.6 | Duke, 1992 * |