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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
CITRONETIN 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
CITRONIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
CITROPTEN 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CITROPTEN 0 Fruit Essent. Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CITRUSIN-A 0 Pericarp not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CITRUSIN-B 0 Pericarp not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CITRUSIN-C 0 Pericarp not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CITRUSIN-F 0 Pericarp not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CNIDICIN 0 Fruit Essent. Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CONIFERIN 2 Pericarp not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
COUMARINS 0 Pt not available not available not available Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
D-GALACTURONIC-ACID 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
D-LIMONENE 19 Essential Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
D-LIMONENE 19 Leaf Essent. Oil 99000.0 667000.0 1.00 Jim Duke's personal files.
D-LIMONENE 19 Pericarp not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
D-LIMONENE 19 Pericarp Essent. Oil not available 694400.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
DEACETYL-NOMILIN 0 Seed not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
DEACETYL-NOMILIN-17-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DECAN-1-AL 1 Pericarp not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
DECANAL 0 Essential Oil 6.0 20.0 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
Cholinergic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cicatrizant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Circulotonic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Clastogenic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Active 1 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
CNS-Depressant 5 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
CNS-Stimulant 6 Duke, 1992 *
Co-carcinogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cold-preventive 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Coleoptophile 1 Duke, 1992 *
Collagen-Sparing 1 Duke, 1992 *
Collagenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Colorant 5 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
COMT-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Convulsant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Copper-Chelator 1 Duke, 1992 *
Coronary-Dilator 1 McKenna, D. J., Hughes, K., and Jones, K. 2000. Green Tea Monograph. Alternative Therapies, 6(3): 61-82.
Counterirritant 2 Martindale's 29th
COX-1-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
COX-2-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *