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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
LIMONIN 5 Seed not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
LIMONIN-17-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Seed not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
LIMONIN-17-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Seed not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
LIMONOATE-A-RING-LACTONE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LIMONOATE-A-RING-LACTONE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
LINALOL 0 Essential Oil 8.0 30.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
LINALOL 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 17000.0 81000.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
LINALOL 0 Pericarp Essent. Oil 7000.0 110000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL 53 Essential Oil 8.0 30.0 -0.58 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
LINALOOL 53 Leaf Essent. Oil 18000.0 81000.0 -0.18 Jim Duke's personal files.
LINALOOL 53 Pericarp not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
LINALOOL 53 Pericarp Essent. Oil 7000.0 111000.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
LINALOOL 53 Petiole not available 12.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL-ACETATE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 22000.0 0.41 Jim Duke's personal files.
LINALYL-ACETATE 7 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINONIN 0 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
LUTEIN 15 Fruit 0.1 1.2 -0.73 Duke, 1992 *
LUTEOLIN 78 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUTEOLIN-7-O-BETA-D-RUTINOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
LUTEOLIN-7-O-BETA-RUTINOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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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
Antiserotonergic 1 Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Antiserotonin 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antishingles 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antishock 2 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antisindhis 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antisinusitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antispasmodic 31 Fitoterapia No.59-1984.
Antistaphylococcic 10 Duke, 1992 *
Antistomatitic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antistreptococcic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antistress 4 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antistroke 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antisunburn 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antisyndrome-X 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antitachycardic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antithiamin 2 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 69.
Antithrombic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antithrombogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antithromboxane 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antithyroid 2 Jim Duke's personal files.