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

 Citrus medica (Rutaceae)

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Common name(s)
Citron
How used
Food

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# Activity Chemical Name Part Low PPM High PPM StdDev *Reference
0 3,5,6-TRIHYDROXY-7,3',4'-TRIMETHOXY-FLAVONE Plant -- -- -- *
0 3,5,6-TRIHYDROXY-7,4'-DIMETHOXY-FLAVONE Plant -- -- -- *
2 ARSENIC Fruit -- 1.6 1.56 *
28 CALCIUM Fruit -- 6840.0 0.69 *
53 CITRAL Pericarp -- -- -- *
12 COPPER Fruit -- 9.0 -0.30 *
19 D-LIMONENE Pericarp -- -- -- *
7 DIPENTENE Pericarp -- -- -- *
5 GERANYL-ACETATE Pericarp -- -- -- *
31 HESPERIDIN Pericarp -- -- -- *
6 IRON Fruit -- 60.0 -0.29 *
7 LINALYL-ACETATE Pericarp -- -- -- *
65 MAGNESIUM Fruit -- 950.0 -0.55 *
14 MANGANESE Fruit -- 9.0 -0.34 *
1 NORDENTATIN Root -- -- -- *
4 PHELLANDRENE Pericarp -- -- -- *
14 POTASSIUM Fruit -- 15500.0 -0.21 *
1 SODIUM Fruit -- 113.0 -0.17 *
1 XANTHYLETIN Root -- -- -- *
77 ZINC Fruit -- 14.0 -0.49 *
*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.