An official website of the United States government.

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you've safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
  1. Home
  2. Citrus limon

Citrus limon (Rutaceae)

Common Names
Lemon
How this plant is used
Food

Select a Results View:

View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
Download these results as:
CSV
EXCEL
PDF
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 J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
CITRONIN 0 Plant Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
CITROPTEN 0 Fruit *
CITROPTEN 0 Fruit Essent. Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
CITRUSIN-A 0 Pericarp Jim Duke's personal files.
CITRUSIN-B 0 Pericarp Jim Duke's personal files.
CITRUSIN-C 0 Pericarp Jim Duke's personal files.
CITRUSIN-F 0 Pericarp Jim Duke's personal files.
CNIDICIN 0 Fruit Essent. Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
CONIFERIN 2 Pericarp Jim Duke's personal files.
COUMARINS 0 Pt Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
D-GALACTURONIC-ACID 0 Fruit *
D-LIMONENE 19 Essential Oil 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 Jim Duke's personal files.
D-LIMONENE 19 Pericarp Essent. Oil 694400.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
DEACETYL-NOMILIN 0 Seed Jim Duke's personal files.
DEACETYL-NOMILIN-17-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Seed *
DECAN-1-AL 1 Pericarp Jim Duke's personal files.
DECANAL 0 Essential Oil 6.0 20.0 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
Download these results as:
CSV
EXCEL
PDF
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
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 *