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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Citrus aurantiifolia (Rutaceae)

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
LIMONENE 60 Fruit 4700.0 7500.0 0.33 *
LINALOL 0 Fruit 9.0 20.0 -0.64 *
LINALOOL 53 Fruit 9.0 20.0 -0.58 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Fruit 360.0 3060.0 -0.31 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LYSINE 4 Fruit 140.0 1190.0 -0.76 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MALIC-ACID 15 Fruit 2000.0 -0.82 *
MALONIC-ACID 1 Fruit *
METHIONINE 15 Fruit 20.0 170.0 -0.97 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
METHYL-HEPTENONE 0 Fruit 1.0 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
MYRCENE 22 Fruit 70.0 1030.0 -0.22 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Fruit 10.0 85.0 -0.27 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
NERAL 4 Fruit 40.0 460.0 1.55 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
NERYL-ACETATE 5 Fruit 1.0 310.0 1.70 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
NERYL-FORMATE 2 Fruit 20.0 1.00 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
NIACIN 39 Fruit 1.0 29.0 -0.42 *
NONANAL 0 Fruit 20.0 0.04 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
NONANE 0 Fruit 6.0 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
NONANOL 0 Fruit 1.0 10.0 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
NOOTKATONE 3 Fruit 1.0 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
OCTANAL 0 Fruit 30.0 80.0 1.41 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
Detoxicant 2 *
Detoxicant (Alcohol) 1 *
Disinfectant 1 Martindale's 29th
Diuretic 6 *
DME-Inhibitor 4 Advance in Chinese Medicinal Materials Research. 1985. Eds. H. M. Chang, H. W. Yeung, W. -W. Tso and A. Koo. World Scientific Publishing Co., Philadelphia Pa., page 134.
Dye 1 Merck 11th Edition
Edemagenic 1 *
Embryotoxic 1 *
Emetic 2 Martindale's 29th
Enterocontractant 1 J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.
Ergogenic 1 *
Essential 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Estrogenic 2 *
Expectorant 7 *
Fatal 1 Martindale's 29th
Fibrinolytic 1 *
Fistula-Preventive 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
FLavor 29 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Fungicide 18 *
Fungiphilic 1 J. Agric. Food Chem. 43: 2283.