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Common Names
Lemon Verbena
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
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| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CINEOLE | 0 | Plant | 40.0 | 280.0 | -0.68 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIRSILIOL | 3 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIRSIMARITRIN | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-3-HEXENYL-ACETATE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| CIS-OCIMENE | 3 | Plant | 1.0 | 4.0 | -0.49 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| CIS-ROSE-OXIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CITRAL | 53 | Plant | 180.0 | 2730.0 | -0.48 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CITRONAL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CITRONELLAL | 20 | 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. |
| CITRONELLOL | 15 | Plant | 10.0 | 70.0 | -0.58 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| CITRONELLYL-ACETATE | 2 | Plant | 2.0 | 14.0 | -0.73 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| COPAENE | 1 | Plant | 3.0 | 21.0 | -0.51 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| CUBEBENE | 0 | Plant | 3.0 | 21.0 | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| CYMOL | 0 | 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. |
| D-ALPHA-TERPINEOL | 0 | Plant | 25.0 | 175.0 | -1.00 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| D-CITRONELLOL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952. |
| DECANAL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| DELTA-CADINENE | 9 | Plant | 5.0 | 35.0 | -0.32 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| DIOSMETIN | 13 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DIOSMETIN-7-O-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Anticancer (Pancreas) | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticarcinogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticarcinomic | 2 | Biosyn. Prod. Cancer Chemotherapy (Petit et al) |
| Anticarcinomic (Colon) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticarcinomic (Lung) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticariogenic | 8 | Muroi, H. and Kubo, I. 1993. Combination Effects of Antibacterial Compounds in Green Tea Flavor against Streptococcus mutans. J. Agric. Food Chem. 41: 1102-1105. |
| Anticataract | 1 | Shin*, K.H., Chung, M.S., Chae, Y.J., Yoon, K.Y., Cho, T.S. 1992. A survey for aldose reductase inhibition of herbal medicines. Fitoterapia 64(2): 130, 1993. |
| Anticatarrh | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Anticholinesterase | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticlastogen | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticolic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticomplementary | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticonvulsant | 3 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antidementia | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidermatic | 1 | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
| Antidermatitic | 2 | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
| Antidiarrheic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidysenteric | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiEBV | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiedemic | 4 | Shimizu,*M., et al. 1990. Anti-inflammatory Constituents of Topically Applied Crude Drugs. IV.1) Constituents and Anti-inflammatory Effect of Paraguayan Crude Drug 'Alhucema' (Lavandula latifolia Vill.)2). Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(8): 2283-2284, 1990. |