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Common Names
Lemon
How this plant is used
Food
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| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KILOCALORIES | 0 | Fruit | not available | 2640.0 | -1.55 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| LAURALDEHYDE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| LIMETTIN | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | 295.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LIMETTIN | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| LIMOCITRIN | 0 | Pericarp | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| LIMOCITRIN-3-(6-O-ALPHA-L-RHAMNOSYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE) | 0 | Pericarp | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| LIMOCITRIN-3-(6-O-ALPHA-L-RHAMNOSYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE) | 0 | Pericarp | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LIMOCITRIN-3-O-(3 | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LIMOCITRIN-3-O-(3-HYDROXY-3-METHYL-GLUTARATE-(1,2)-BETA-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Pericarp | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| LIMOCITRIN-3-O-(5-ALPHA-GLUCOSYL-3 | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LIMOCITRIN-3-O-(5-ALPHA-GLUCOSYL-3-HYDROXY-3-METHYL-GLUTARATE-(1,2)-BETA-GLUCOSIDE) | 0 | Pericarp | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| LIMOCITROL | 0 | Pericarp | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| LIMOCITROL-3-O-(5-ALPHA-GLUCOSYL-3 | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LIMOCITROL-3-O-(5-ALPHA-GLUCOSYL-3-HYDROXY-3-METHYL-GLUTARATE-(1,2)-BETA-GLUCOSIDE) | 0 | Pericarp | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| LIMONENE | 60 | Essential Oil | 2796.0 | 8000.0 | -0.69 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LIMONENE | 60 | Fruit Essent. Oil | 512000.0 | 980000.0 | 1.27 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| LIMONENE | 60 | Leaf Essent. Oil | 284000.0 | 754000.0 | 2.65 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LIMONENE | 60 | Pericarp Essent. Oil | 512000.0 | 774000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LIMONENE | 60 | Petiole | not available | 3090.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LIMONIN | 5 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Metal-Chelator | 2 | McEvily, A.J., Iyengar, R., and Gross, A.T. Inhibition of Polyphenol Oxidase by Phenolic Compounds. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.25. |
| Metal-Chelator (Copper) | 1 | Seidel, V., Verholle, M., Malard, Y., Tillequin, F., Fruchart, J-C., Duriez, P., Bailleul, F., Teissier, E. 2000. Phenylpropanoids from Ballota nigra L. Inhibit in vitro LDL Peroxidation. Phytotherapy Research, 14(2): 93-98. |
| Metalloproteinase-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MMP-9-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Molluscicide | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Mosquitocide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Mosquitofuge | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Motor-Depressant | 5 | Buchbauer et al, e.g.Buchbauer et al,1993.Therapeutic properties of essential oils and fragrances. Chap.12 in Teranishi,R, Buttery,R.G and Sugisawa,H. Eds. Bioactive Volatile Compounds from Plants. ACS Symposium Series 525. Amer. Chem. Soc., Washington DC |
| Mucogenic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Mucolytic | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
| Musculotropic | 1 | Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp. |
| Mutagenic | 6 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Mutagenic? | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Mycobactericide | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Myoprotective | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Myorelaxant | 12 | Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp. |
| NADH-Oxidase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Nematicide | 14 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| NEP-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Nephrotoxic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |