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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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
6-C-GLUCOSYL-DIOSMETIN 0 Pericarp not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
7-(3'-METHYL-BUT-2'-ENYL-OXY)-COUMARIN 0 Fruit Essent. Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
7-GLUCOSYL-APIGENIN 0 Flower not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
7-PENTAHYDROXY-2',3',5,5'-PENTAHYDROXY-FLAVANONE-7-(6-O-ALPHA-L-RHAMNOSYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Pericarp not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
7-RHAMNO-GLUCOSYL-DIOSMETIN 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
7-RHAMNO-GLUCOSYL-LUTEOLIN 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
8-(7',8'-EPOXY-GERANYL-OXY)-PSORALEN 0 Fruit Essent. Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
8-C-GLUCOSYL-DIOSMETIN 0 Pericarp not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
8-GERAN-OXYPSORALEN 0 Essential Oil not available 387.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
8-GERAN-OXYPSORALEN 0 Pericarp not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
8-GERANYL-OXY-5-METHOXY-PSORALEN 0 Fruit Essent. Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
8-GERANYLOXYPSORALEN 0 Fruit Essent. Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
ACETIC-ACID 16 Essential Oil not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ADENOSINE 28 Pericarp not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
ALPHA,ALPHA-P-TRIMETHYLBENZYL-ALCOHOL 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALPHA,ALPHA-P-TRIMETHYLBENZYL-ALCOHOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-AMINO-BUTYRIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-BERGAMOTENE 0 Essential Oil not available 250.0 -1.00 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALPHA-BERGAMOTENE 0 Petiole not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-COPAENE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiimplantation 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiinfertility 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinflammatory 34 Shimizu,*M., et al. 1990. Anti-inflammatory Constituents of Topically Applied Crude Drugs. IV.1) Constituents and Anti-inflammatory Effect of Paraguayan Crude Drug 'Alhucema' (Lavandula latifolia Vill.)2). Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(8): 2283-2284, 1990.
Antiinsomniac 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiinsomnic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiischemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antijet-lag 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Antikeratitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antilaryngitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiLegionella 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antileishmanic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antilepric 2 Martindale's 28th
Antileukemic 10 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukodermic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antileukoplakic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotrienogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antilipogenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antilipolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antilipoperoxidant 2 Duke, 1992 *