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Common Names
Lemon
How this plant is used
Food
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALPHA-TERPINEOL | 23 | Petiole | not available | 32.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-TERPINYL-ACETATE | 0 | Petiole | not available | 0.1 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-TERPINYL-PROPIONATE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | 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 | not available | 20.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| APIGENIN-7-(6-O-ALPHA-RHAMNOSYL-BETA-GLUCOSIDE) | 0 | Pericarp | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| APIGENIN-C-GLYCOSIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASCORBIC-ACID | 112 | Fruit | 5208.0 | 5566.0 | 0.06 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASCORBIC-ACID | 112 | Fruit Juice | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ASH | 0 | Fruit | not available | 28000.0 | -0.74 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| AURAPTEN | 2 | Fruit Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| AUREUSIDIN | 2 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| AUREUSIDIN-6-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| AUREUSIDIN-6-RHAMNOGLUCOSIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BERGAMOTENE | 0 | Essential Oil | 16.0 | 40.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BERGAMOTTIN | 2 | Essential Oil | not available | 649.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BERGAMOTTIN | 2 | Fruit Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BERGAPTEN | 26 | Essential Oil | not available | 10.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BERGAPTEN | 26 | Fruit Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BERGAPTEN | 26 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antianorectic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antianxiety | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiapertif | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiaphthic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiapneic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiapoplectic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiapoptotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiappetant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiarabiflavinotic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiarrhythmic | 6 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Antiarthritic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiasthmatic | 8 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiatherogenic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiatheromic | 1 | Cerda, J.J. Pectin in Health and Disease. HortScience, 25(12): 1485, 1990. |
| Antiatherosclerotic | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antibacillary | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antibackache | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antibacterial | 38 | Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994. |
| Antiberiberi | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antibradykinic | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 366. |