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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QUERCETIN | 176 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| QUERCETIN-3,5-DIGLUCOSIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| RHOIFOLIN | 2 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| RIBOFLAVIN | 15 | Fruit | 2.0 | 3.0 | -0.43 | Duke, 1992 * |
| RUTIN | 87 | Fruit | 1.0 | 2.0 | -0.65 | Duke, 1992 * |
| RUTIN | 87 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| SABINENE | 5 | Essential Oil | 50.0 | 175.0 | -0.59 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| SABINENE | 5 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 10000.0 | -0.47 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| SABINENE | 5 | Pericarp Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| SABINENE | 5 | Petiole | not available | 95.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SALICYLATES | 7 | Fruit | not available | 0.0 | -0.34 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SCOPARONE | 22 | Bark | not available | 162.5 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| SCOPARONE | 22 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| SCOPOLETIN | 44 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| SCOPOLETIN | 44 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| SELINENE | 1 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| SESELIN | 3 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| SESELIN | 3 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| SINAPIC-ACID | 9 | Fruit | 14.0 | 18.0 | 0.63 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SODIUM | 1 | Fruit | not available | 470.0 | -0.14 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antimite | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimitotic | 6 | Gawron, A. and Glowniak, K. 1987. Cytostatic Activity of Coumarins in vitro. Planta Medica 1987: 526. |
| Antimutagenic | 21 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235. |
| Antimyocarditic | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 199. |
| Antinarcotic | 1 | Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989. |
| Antineoplastic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antinephritic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antineuralgic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antineuramidase | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antineurasthenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antineuritic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antineuropathic | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antinitrosaminic | 7 | Ki Soon Rhee. Oilseed Food Ingredients Used To Minimize Oxidative Flavor Deterioration in Meat Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.18. |
| Antinitrosic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antinociceptive | 6 | Rao, V.S.N., Menezes, A.M.S., Viana, G.S.B. 1990. Effect of myrcene on nociception in mice. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 877-878, 1990. |
| Antinyctalopic | 1 | Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY. |
| Antiobesity | 6 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antionychyotic | 1 | Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp. |
| Antiophidic | 3 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363. |
| Antiorchitic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |