Plant Citrus aurantiifolia (Rutaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Lime

How this plant is used

Food

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Fruit	291.0	4444.0	-0.01	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Fruit	2000.0	3800.0	-1.37	Duke, 1992 *
BERGAMOTTIN	2	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BERGAPTEN	26	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-BISABOLENE	6	Fruit	not available	90.0	-0.86	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Fruit	0.0	2.0	-0.15	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PHELLANDRENE	3	Fruit	not available	90.0	-0.46	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
BETA-PINENE	13	Fruit	90.0	1190.0	-0.26	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
BETA-TERPINEOL	3	Fruit	not available	70.0	1.00	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
BORNEOL	35	Fruit	not available	60.0	-0.71	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
CALCIUM	28	Fruit	90.0	3084.0	-0.18	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHENE	9	Fruit	50.0	80.0	-0.32	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Fruit	59000.0	895900.0	0.60	Duke, 1992 *
CARYOPHYLLENE	31	Fruit	30.0	250.0	-0.39	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
CITRAL	53	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
CITRIC-ACID	23	Fruit	not available	800.0	-0.64	Duke, 1992 *
CITRONELLAL	20	Fruit	not available	140.0	0.86	Duke, 1992 *
COPPER	12	Fruit	1.0	6.0	-0.53	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
DECANAL	0	Fruit	9.0	10.0	-0.80	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
DECANOL	2	Fruit	not available	6.0	1.00	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antitumor	9	Zheng, G-Q., Kenney, P.M., and Lam, L.K.T. Sesquiterpenes From Clove (Eugenia caryophyllata) As Potential Anticarcinogenic Agents. Journal of Natural Products 55(7): 999-1003, 1992.
Antitumor (Breast)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (CNS)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon)	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Gastric)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Liver)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Pancreas)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Prostate)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Skin)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Stomach)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitussive	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcer	11	Duke, 1992 *
Antivertigo	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral	9	Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral?	1	Martindale's 29th
Antivitiligic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antixerophthalmic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiyeast	2	Duke, 1992 *