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Plant 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
MENTH-1-EN-9-OL 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
METHYL-HEPTANONE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-HEPTANONE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
METHYL-HEPTENONE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 6000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
MUCILAGE 3 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE 22 Essential Oil 65.0 1270.0 -0.43 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
MYRCENE 22 Leaf Essent. Oil 5500.0 10000.0 -0.33 Jim Duke's personal files.
MYRCENE 22 Pericarp not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
MYRCENE 22 Pericarp Essent. Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
MYRCENE 22 Petiole not available 75.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
N-METHYL-TYRAMINE 1 Leaf 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.
NARINGENIN 56 Pericarp not available not available not available Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
NARINGIN 12 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
NARINGIN 12 Pericarp not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
NARINGIN-6''-MALONATE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
NARINGIN-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
NARINGOSIDE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NARIRUTIN 1 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
NARIRUTIN 1 Pericarp not available 3600.0 1.00 Jim Duke's personal files.
NARIRUTIN-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
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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
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 *