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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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
BETA-BERGAMOTENE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 8000.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
BETA-BISABOLENE 6 Essential Oil 23.0 400.0 -1.00 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
BETA-BISABOLENE 6 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 8000.0 -0.45 Jim Duke's personal files.
BETA-BISABOLENE 6 Petiole not available 25.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Fruit 0.0 2.0 -0.15 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 100.0 3500.0 -0.39 Jim Duke's personal files.
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Petiole not available 13.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-ELEMENE 5 Essential Oil not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
BETA-HUMULENE 0 Essential Oil not available 10.0 not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
BETA-PHELLANDRENE 3 Essential Oil not available 80.0 -1.25 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
BETA-PHELLANDRENE 3 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 3300.0 -0.64 Jim Duke's personal files.
BETA-PHELLANDRENE 3 Pericarp Essent. Oil not available 65900.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
BETA-PHELLANDRENE 3 Petiole not available 8.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Essential Oil 40.0 1270.0 -0.70 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Fruit Essent. Oil not available 7000.0 -0.70 Jim Duke's personal files.
BETA-PINENE 13 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 7000.0 -0.69 Jim Duke's personal files.
BETA-PINENE 13 Pericarp not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
BETA-PINENE 13 Pericarp Essent. Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
BETA-PINENE 13 Petiole not available 595.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SINENSAL 0 Petiole not available 1.5 not available Duke, 1992 *
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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
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.