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Common Names
Lemon
How this plant is used
Food
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CITRONETIN | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| CITRONIN | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| CITROPTEN | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CITROPTEN | 0 | Fruit Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CITRUSIN-A | 0 | Pericarp | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CITRUSIN-B | 0 | Pericarp | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CITRUSIN-C | 0 | Pericarp | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CITRUSIN-F | 0 | Pericarp | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CNIDICIN | 0 | Fruit Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CONIFERIN | 2 | Pericarp | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| COUMARINS | 0 | Pt | not available | not available | not available | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
| D-GALACTURONIC-ACID | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| D-LIMONENE | 19 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| D-LIMONENE | 19 | Leaf Essent. Oil | 99000.0 | 667000.0 | 1.00 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| D-LIMONENE | 19 | Pericarp | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| D-LIMONENE | 19 | Pericarp Essent. Oil | not available | 694400.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| DEACETYL-NOMILIN | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| DEACETYL-NOMILIN-17-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DECAN-1-AL | 1 | Pericarp | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| DECANAL | 0 | Essential Oil | 6.0 | 20.0 | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| 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 * |