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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

 LIMONENE

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Chemid
LIMONENE
A list of known dosages for LIMONENE
Dosage*Reference
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) *
LD50=4,600 mg/kg (orl rat)? *
Ubiquitous
No

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Plant Part Low PPM High PPM StdDev *Reference
Abies alba Leaf 855.0 1197.0 0.8 *
Abies alba Resin, Exudate, Sap -- -- -- *
Abies balsamea Plant 720.0 1550.0 0.5 *
Abies spectabilis Leaf 115.0 305.0 -0.1 *
Achillea millefolium Leaf 1.0 170.0 -0.3 *
Acinos suaveolens Shoot -- 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 -- -- -- Wealth of India.
Aesculus hippocastanum Flower Essent. Oil -- 42000.0 -1.4 Jim Duke's personal files.
Agastache foeniculum Plant 2.0 25.0 -0.5 *
Agastache nepetoides Plant -- 2.0 -0.5 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
Agastache rugosa Essential Oil -- -- -- Jim Duke's personal files.
Agastache urticifolia Plant -- 2464.0 1.0 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
Agathosma betulina Leaf Essent. Oil -- -- -- *
Ageratum conyzoides Shoot -- 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 *
Alpinia galanga Leaf -- 50.0 -0.4 *
Alpinia galanga Rhizome 1.0 165.0 -0.9 *
Alpinia galanga Leaf Essent. Oil -- 0.4 -0.7 *
Alpinia galanga Rhizome Essent. Oil -- 3500.0 -0.6 *
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*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.