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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Citrus limon (Rutaceae)

Common Names
Lemon
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
(E)-BETA-OCIMENE 0 Petiole 6.0 *
(Z)-BETA-OCIMENE 0 Petiole 3.5 *
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Leaf Essent. Oil 11000.0 50000.0 -0.66 Jim Duke's personal files.
1-HEXEN-3-OL 0 Petiole 2.0 *
2',4',5-TRIHYDROXY-FLAVONONE-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSYL-RHAMNOSIDE 0 Pericarp *
2'-O-XYLOSYL-VITEXIN 0 Flower *
2-CARBOXYARABINITOL 0 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
2-DODECENAL 0 Petiole 0.0 *
2-NONENAL 2 Petiole 1.0 *
3',4',5-TRIHYDROXY-FLAVONE-7-O-BETA-D-RHAMNOSYL 0 Plant *
3',4',5-TRIHYDROXY-FLAVONE-7-O-BETA-D-RHAMNOSYL-GLUCOSIDE 0 Plant *
3',4',5-TRIHYDROXY-FLAVONONE-7-O-BETA-D-RHAMNOSYL 0 Plant *
3-(3',4',5'-TRIMETHOXY-PHENYL)-2-PROPENYL-ACETATE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
3-(3',4',5'-TRIMETHOXY-PHENYL)-2-PROPENYL-PROPIONATE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
3-(3',4',5'-TRIMETHOXY-PHENYL)-PROPANYL-ACETATE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
3-(3',4',5'-TRIMETHOXY-PHENYL)-PROPANYL-PROPIONATE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
3-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXY-PHENYL)-1-GLUCOSYL-PROP-2-ENE 0 Pericarp Jim Duke's personal files.
3-HEXEN-1-OL 0 Essential Oil Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
4',5,7-TRIHYDROXY-3',6,8-TRIMETHOXY-FLAVONE-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Plant *
4',5,7-TRIHYDROXY-3',8-DIMETHOXY-FLAVONE-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Pericarp *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
(+)-Inotropic 1 Bruneton, J. 1999. Pharmacognosy, Phytochemistry, Medicinal Plants. 2nd Ed. Lavoisier Publishing, Paris. 1119 pp.
(-)-Chronotropic 1 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
(-)-Inotropic 1 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 2 *
5-HT-Inhibitor 1 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 2 *
Abortifacient 1 *
Acaricide 8 *
ACE-Inhibitor 7 *
AChE-Inhibitor 1 Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Acidulant 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Adaptogenic 1 *
Adenosine-Antagonist 1 McKenna, D. J., Hughes, K., and Jones, K. 2000. Green Tea Monograph. Alternative Therapies, 6(3): 61-82.
Adrenergic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 2 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 18 *
Allelochemic 7 *
Allelopathic 6 *
Allergenic 19 *
Allergenic? 1 *