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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AR-CURCUMENE | 3 | Plant | 30.0 | 315.0 | 1.99 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952. |
| BETA-CITRAL | 2 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952. |
| BETA-CURCUMENE | 0 | Plant | 20.0 | 140.0 | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| BETA-HEXENOL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| BETA-IONONE | 13 | Plant | 2.0 | 14.0 | 1.38 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| BETA-MAALIENE | 0 | Plant | 20.0 | 140.0 | 1.00 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| BETA-PINENE | 13 | Plant | 5.0 | 35.0 | -0.40 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| BICYCLOGERMACRENE | 0 | Plant | 24.0 | 168.0 | 0.06 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| BORNEOL | 35 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952. |
| CAMPHENE | 9 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| CARYOPHYLLA-1-(12),7-DIEN-9-ALPHA-OL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| CARYOPHYLLA-1-(12),7-DIEN-9-BETA-OL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| CARYOPHYLLA-1-(12),8(15)-DIEN-9-ALPHA-OL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| CARYOPHYLLENE | 31 | Plant | 30.0 | 266.0 | -0.22 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| CARYOPHYLLENE-2,6-BETA-OXIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARYOPHYLLENE-EPOXIDE | 6 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE | 8 | Plant | 20.0 | 140.0 | -0.15 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| CEDROL | 3 | Plant | 1.0 | 7.0 | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| CHRYSOERIOL | 7 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antionychyotic | 1 | Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp. |
| Antiophidic | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363. |
| Antiotitic | 2 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antioxidant | 13 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Antiperistaltic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiperoxidant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antipharyngitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiplaque | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antipneumonic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antipolio | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 197. |
| Antiproliferant | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiprostaglandin | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antipyretic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiradicular | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antirenitic | 1 | Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990. |
| Antiretinitic Optometry | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antirheumatalgic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antirheumatic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antirhinitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antirhinoviral | 3 | Denyer, C.V., Jackson, P., Loakes, D.M., Ellis, M.R., and Yound, D.A.B. Isolation of Antirhinoviral Sesquiterpenes From Ginger (Zingiber officinale). Journal of Natural Products, 57(5): 658-662, 1994. |