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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
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Petiole 32.0 *
ALPHA-TERPINYL-ACETATE 0 Petiole 0.1 *
ALPHA-TERPINYL-PROPIONATE 0 Essential Oil Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALPHA-THUJENE 0 Essential Oil 16.0 40.0 -0.40 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALPHA-THUJENE 0 Petiole 20.0 *
APIGENIN-7-(6-O-ALPHA-RHAMNOSYL-BETA-GLUCOSIDE) 0 Pericarp Jim Duke's personal files.
APIGENIN-C-GLYCOSIDE 0 Plant *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Fruit 5208.0 5566.0 0.06 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Fruit Juice Jim Duke's personal files.
ASH 0 Fruit 28000.0 -0.74 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
AURAPTEN 2 Fruit Essent. Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
AUREUSIDIN 2 Plant *
AUREUSIDIN-6-GLUCOSIDE 0 Plant *
AUREUSIDIN-6-RHAMNOGLUCOSIDE 0 Plant *
BERGAMOTENE 0 Essential Oil 16.0 40.0 *
BERGAMOTTIN 2 Essential Oil 649.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
BERGAMOTTIN 2 Fruit Essent. Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
BERGAPTEN 26 Essential Oil 10.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
BERGAPTEN 26 Fruit Essent. Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
BERGAPTEN 26 Plant Jim Duke's personal files.
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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.