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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Aloysia citrodora (Verbenaceae)

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
ISOCARYOPHYLLENE 1 Plant Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ISOCARYOPHYLLENE-EPOXIDE 0 Plant Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ISOPULEGOL 3 Plant 1.0 7.0 -0.72 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ISOVALERIC-ACID 5 Plant Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
KUBOSONE 0 Plant Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
L-CARVONE 6 Plant Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
L-LIMONENE 2 Plant 110.0 770.0 0.03 *
LIMONENE 60 Plant 42.0 1050.0 0.16 *
LINALOL 0 Plant 5.0 35.0 -0.42 *
LINALOOL 53 Plant 5.0 35.0 -0.66 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
LUTEIN 15 Plant *
LUTEIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Plant *
LUTEOLIN 78 Plant Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
METHYL-HEPTENONE 0 Plant 17.0 280.0 2.21 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
MYRCENE 22 Plant 1.0 7.0 -0.47 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
NERAL 4 Plant 120.0 840.0 0.01 *
NEROL 10 Plant 52.0 364.0 -0.21 *
NEROL-EPOXIDE 0 Plant *
NEROL-OXIDE 0 Plant Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
NEROLIDOL 11 Plant 13.0 140.0 1.88 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antitumor (Pancreas) 3 *
Antitumor (Prostate) 1 *
Antitumor (Skin) 4 *
Antitumor (Stomach) 2 Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46.
Antitumor (Thyroid) 1 *
Antitumor-Promoter 2 *
Antitussive 3 *
Antiulcer 9 Yamahara, J., et al. Stomachic principles in ginger. II. Pungent and anti-ulcer effects of low polar constituents isolated from ginger, the dried rhizoma of... Yakugaku Zasshi 112: 645-655 (1992).
Antivaginitic 1 *
Antiviral 15 *
Antiyeast 2 *
Anxiolytic 1 *
Aphidifuge 1 *
Apifuge 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Apoptotic 5 *
Aromatase-Inhibitor 2 Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 235.1999.
Ascaricide 1 Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Attifuge 1 CIBA (Chadwick, D.J. and Marsh, J. 1990. Bioactive Compounds from Plants. CIBA Foundation Symposium 154. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Chichester UK. 242 pp.
Bacteriostatic 1 Chin. J. Tuber. Respir. Dis.
Bacteristat 1 Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp.