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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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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
HEXANOL 3 Essential Oil Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ICHANGIN-17-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Seed Jim Duke's personal files.
ICHANGIN-4-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Pericarp 19.6 Jim Duke's personal files.
IMPERATORIN 25 Fruit *
IMPERATORIN 25 Fruit Essent. Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
IRON 6 Fruit 23.0 72.0 -0.24 *
ISOERIOCITRIN 0 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
ISOIMPERATORIN 8 Essential Oil *
ISOIMPERATORIN 8 Fruit Essent. Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
ISOLIMOCITROL 0 Pericarp Jim Duke's personal files.
ISOLIMOCITROL-3,7,4'-TRIMETHYL-ETHER 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
ISOLIMOCITROL-3-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
ISOPIMPINELLIN 15 Plant *
ISOPULEGOL 3 Leaf Essent. Oil 40000.0 -1.00 Jim Duke's personal files.
ISOPULEGOLE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 18000.0 114000.0 1.00 Jim Duke's personal files.
ISORHAMNETIN 11 Flower *
ISORHAMNETIN-3-ARABINOGLUCOSIDE 0 Plant *
ISORHOIFOLIN 0 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
ISOVITEXIN 4 Pericarp Jim Duke's personal files.
JASMONIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER 0 Pericarp Jim Duke's personal files.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Neuroprotective 4 *
Neurotoxic 4 R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R.
Neurotropic 1 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor 3 *
NO-Genic 1 *
NO-Inhibitor 4 *
NO-Synthase-Inhibitor 1 *
Odontolytic 1 Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 4 Hagerman, A.E. Tannin-Protein Interactions. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.19.
Osteoblastogenic 1 *
Osteogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Osteolytic 1 *
Oviposition-Stimulant 4 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ovulant 1 *
Oxytocic 1 Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Oxytocic? 1 *
Ozone-Scavenger 1 *
P450-2B1-Inhibitor 6 *
P450-Inducer 3 *
P450-Inhibitor 3 Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.