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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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 Jim Duke's personal files.
7-(3'-METHYL-BUT-2'-ENYL-OXY)-COUMARIN 0 Fruit Essent. Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
7-GLUCOSYL-APIGENIN 0 Flower Jim Duke's personal files.
7-PENTAHYDROXY-2',3',5,5'-PENTAHYDROXY-FLAVANONE-7-(6-O-ALPHA-L-RHAMNOSYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Pericarp *
7-RHAMNO-GLUCOSYL-DIOSMETIN 0 Flower *
7-RHAMNO-GLUCOSYL-LUTEOLIN 0 Flower *
8-(7',8'-EPOXY-GERANYL-OXY)-PSORALEN 0 Fruit Essent. Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
8-C-GLUCOSYL-DIOSMETIN 0 Pericarp Jim Duke's personal files.
8-GERAN-OXYPSORALEN 0 Essential Oil 387.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
8-GERAN-OXYPSORALEN 0 Pericarp Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
8-GERANYL-OXY-5-METHOXY-PSORALEN 0 Fruit Essent. Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
8-GERANYLOXYPSORALEN 0 Fruit Essent. Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
ACETIC-ACID 16 Essential Oil Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ADENOSINE 28 Pericarp Jim Duke's personal files.
ALPHA,ALPHA-P-TRIMETHYLBENZYL-ALCOHOL 0 Essential Oil Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALPHA,ALPHA-P-TRIMETHYLBENZYL-ALCOHOL 0 Plant *
ALPHA-AMINO-BUTYRIC-ACID 0 Plant *
ALPHA-BERGAMOTENE 0 Essential Oil 250.0 -1.00 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALPHA-BERGAMOTENE 0 Petiole *
ALPHA-COPAENE 0 Essential Oil 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
Culicide 2 *
Cyclin-B1-Inhibitor 1 *
Cyclin-D1-Inhibitor 1 *
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor 4 *
Cytochrome-P450-1A2-Inhibitor 1 *
Cytochrome-P450-Inducer 1 *
Cytochrome-P450-Inhibitor 4 *
Cytoprotective 3 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Cytotoxic 7 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Cytotoxic (Breast) 1 Saqib, Q. N., Hui, Y. H., Anderson, J. E. and McLaughlin, J. L. 1990. Bioactive Furanocoumarins from the Berries of Zanthoxylum americanum. Phytotherapy Research 4(6): 216-219.
Cytotoxic (Colon) 1 Saqib, Q. N., Hui, Y. H., Anderson, J. E. and McLaughlin, J. L. 1990. Bioactive Furanocoumarins from the Berries of Zanthoxylum americanum. Phytotherapy Research 4(6): 216-219.
Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Decongestant 1 *
Degranulant 1 *
Deiodinase-Inhibitor 2 Jim Duke's personal files.
Demulcent 2 *
Dentifrice 2 Martindale's 29th
Deodorant 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Dermal 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Dermatitigenic 2 *