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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
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Fruit 80.0 -0.69 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Plant *
BRAYLIN 0 Root Jim Duke's personal files.
BYAKANGELICIN 5 Essential Oil 29.0 *
BYAKANGELICIN 5 Fruit Essent. Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
BYAKANGELICOL 0 Essential Oil *
BYAKANGELICOL 0 Fruit Essent. Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
CADINENE 4 Essential Oil Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Fruit 21.0 35.0 -0.33 *
CAFFEINE 62 Flower 50.0 0.22 *
CALCIUM 28 Fruit 700.0 3227.0 -0.15 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CAMPESTEROL 2 Fruit 20.0 -0.49 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
CAMPHENE 9 Essential Oil 2.0 50.0 -0.69 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
CAMPHENE 9 Leaf Essent. Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
CAMPHENE 9 Petiole 3.0 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Fruit 111000.0 863000.0 0.43 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CARVEOL 1 Essential Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
CARVEOL 1 Petiole 0.0 *
CARVONE 19 Essential Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
CARYOPHYLLENE 31 Essential Oil 11.0 28.0 -0.77 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 *