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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
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.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiosteoarthritic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiosteoporotic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiotitic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antioxidant 32 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antioxidant (LDL) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antioxidant Synergist 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antiozenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipancreatitic 1 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antipapillomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiparkinsonian 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiparotitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipellagric 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiperiodontal 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiperiodontic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiperiodontitic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiperistaltic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antipermeability 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiperoxidant 5 Planta Medica, 57: A54, 1991.
Antiperoxidative 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiperoxynitrite 1 Duke, 1992 *