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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Citrus limon (Rutaceae)

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
LIMONIN 5 Seed Jim Duke's personal files.
LIMONIN-17-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Seed Jim Duke's personal files.
LIMONIN-17-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Seed Jim Duke's personal files.
LIMONOATE-A-RING-LACTONE 0 Fruit *
LIMONOATE-A-RING-LACTONE 0 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
LINALOL 0 Essential Oil 8.0 30.0 -1.00 *
LINALOL 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 17000.0 81000.0 -1.00 *
LINALOL 0 Pericarp Essent. Oil 7000.0 110000.0 *
LINALOOL 53 Essential Oil 8.0 30.0 -0.58 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
LINALOOL 53 Leaf Essent. Oil 18000.0 81000.0 -0.18 Jim Duke's personal files.
LINALOOL 53 Pericarp Jim Duke's personal files.
LINALOOL 53 Pericarp Essent. Oil 7000.0 111000.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
LINALOOL 53 Petiole 12.0 *
LINALOOL-ACETATE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 22000.0 0.41 Jim Duke's personal files.
LINALYL-ACETATE 7 Essential Oil *
LINONIN 0 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
LUTEIN 15 Fruit 0.1 1.2 -0.73 *
LUTEOLIN 78 Flower *
LUTEOLIN-7-O-BETA-D-RUTINOSIDE 0 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
LUTEOLIN-7-O-BETA-RUTINOSIDE 0 Leaf *
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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 *
MMP-9-Inhibitor 2 *
Molluscicide 4 *
Mosquitocide 1 *
Mosquitofuge 2 *
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 *
Mycobactericide 2 *
Myoprotective 1 *
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 *
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 *
Nephrotoxic 2 *