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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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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. |