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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Fruit | not available | 80.0 | -0.69 | Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.) |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BRAYLIN | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BYAKANGELICIN | 5 | Essential Oil | not available | 29.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BYAKANGELICIN | 5 | Fruit Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BYAKANGELICOL | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BYAKANGELICOL | 0 | Fruit Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CADINENE | 4 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| CAFFEIC-ACID | 102 | Fruit | 21.0 | 35.0 | -0.33 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAFFEINE | 62 | Flower | not available | 50.0 | 0.22 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Fruit | 700.0 | 3227.0 | -0.15 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| CAMPESTEROL | 2 | Fruit | not available | 20.0 | -0.49 | Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.) |
| CAMPHENE | 9 | Essential Oil | 2.0 | 50.0 | -0.69 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| CAMPHENE | 9 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CAMPHENE | 9 | Petiole | not available | 3.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Fruit | 111000.0 | 863000.0 | 0.43 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| CARVEOL | 1 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CARVEOL | 1 | Petiole | not available | 0.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARVONE | 19 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CARYOPHYLLENE | 31 | Essential Oil | 11.0 | 28.0 | -0.77 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| 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. |