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Common Names
Lemon
How this plant is used
Food
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| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CARYOPHYLLENE | 31 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE | 8 | Leaf Essent. Oil | 0.8 | 15600.0 | 1.32 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CHLOROPHYLL-A | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHLOROPHYLL-B | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-LIMONENE-1,2-OXIDE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CITRAL | 53 | Essential Oil | 250.0 | 300.0 | -0.79 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CITRAL | 53 | Fruit Essent. Oil | not available | 6000.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CITRAL | 53 | Pericarp | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CITRIC-ACID | 23 | Fruit | not available | 59500.0 | 0.32 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| CITRIC-ACID | 23 | Fruit Juice | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CITRONELLAL | 20 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CITRONELLAL | 20 | Leaf Essent. Oil | 25000.0 | 89000.0 | -1.00 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CITRONELLAL | 20 | Pericarp | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CITRONELLAL | 20 | Pericarp Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CITRONELLAL | 20 | Petiole | not available | 3.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CITRONELLOL | 15 | Leaf Essent. Oil | 3700.0 | 14000.0 | -0.97 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CITRONELLOL | 15 | Pericarp | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CITRONELLOL | 15 | Pericarp Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CITRONELLYL-ACETATE | 2 | Petiole | not available | 1.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CITRONELLYL-ACETATE | 2 | Plant | 4.0 | 20.0 | -0.68 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| 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 * |