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Plant Aloysia citrodora (Verbenaceae)

Common Names
Lemon Verbena
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
DIPENTENE 7 Plant 110.0 770.0 -0.28 Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Plant 700.0 7000.0 -0.21 Duke, 1992 *
EPIPHOTOCITRAL-A 0 Plant 15.0 105.0 not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
EPIPHOTONEROL-A 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL 76 Plant not available not available not available Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
EUPAFOLIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EUPATORIN 8 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FARNESOL 17 Plant 1.0 7.0 -0.53 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
FURFURAL 6 Plant not available not available not available Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
GAMMA-CADINENE 0 Plant 2.0 14.0 -0.46 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
GAMMA-HEXENOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
GENIPOSIDIC-ACID 10 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GERANIAL 13 Plant 150.0 1820.0 0.35 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
GERANIOL 35 Plant 5.0 420.0 -0.38 Duke, 1992 *
GERANYL-ACETATE 5 Plant 15.0 126.0 -0.42 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
GERMACRENE-D 2 Plant 18.0 126.0 -0.32 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
HEX-4-EN-1-AL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEXANYL-ACETATE 0 Plant not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
HISPIDULIN 7 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
IRIDOIDS 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiaflatoxin 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiaggregant 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiaging 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiallergenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiallergic 6 J. Food Hyg. Soc. Jap. 33(6): 569.
Antialzheimeran 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antialzheimeran? 1 Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Antianaphylactic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiangiogenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarachidonate 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarrhythmic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic 3 Chin. J. Tuber. Respir. Dis., 4:203, 1982.
Antiatherogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiatherosclerotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antibacillary 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antibacterial 30 Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994.
Antibronchitic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticancer 3 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Breast) 1 Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Anticancer (Lung) 1 Duke, 1992 *