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Plant 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
LIMONIN 5 Seed not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
LIMONIN-17-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Seed not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
LIMONIN-17-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Seed not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
LIMONOATE-A-RING-LACTONE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LIMONOATE-A-RING-LACTONE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
LINALOL 0 Essential Oil 8.0 30.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
LINALOL 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 17000.0 81000.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
LINALOL 0 Pericarp Essent. Oil 7000.0 110000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL 53 Essential Oil 8.0 30.0 -0.58 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
LINALOOL 53 Leaf Essent. Oil 18000.0 81000.0 -0.18 Jim Duke's personal files.
LINALOOL 53 Pericarp not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
LINALOOL 53 Pericarp Essent. Oil 7000.0 111000.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
LINALOOL 53 Petiole not available 12.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL-ACETATE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 22000.0 0.41 Jim Duke's personal files.
LINALYL-ACETATE 7 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINONIN 0 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
LUTEIN 15 Fruit 0.1 1.2 -0.73 Duke, 1992 *
LUTEOLIN 78 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUTEOLIN-7-O-BETA-D-RUTINOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
LUTEOLIN-7-O-BETA-RUTINOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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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 Duke, 1992 *
5-HT-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Abortifacient 1 Duke, 1992 *
Acaricide 8 Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor 7 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 18 Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic 7 Duke, 1992 *
Allelopathic 6 Duke, 1992 *
Allergenic 19 Duke, 1992 *
Allergenic? 1 Duke, 1992 *