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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GERANIOL | 35 | Pericarp | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| GERANIOL | 35 | Petiole | not available | 80.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GERANIOL-ACETATE | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 8100.0 | 1.00 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| GERANIOL-ACETATE | 0 | Pericarp Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| GERANYL-ACETATE | 5 | Essential Oil | 12.0 | 310.0 | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| GERANYL-ACETATE | 5 | Petiole | not available | 12.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GERANYL-BUTYRATE | 3 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| GERANYL-FORMATE | 2 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| GERANYL-OXY-PYRANOCOUMARIN | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| GLUTAMIC-ACID | 8 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HEPTADECANAL | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| HEPTANAL | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | 4.0 | -1.00 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| HERACLENIN | 2 | Fruit Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| HERACLENOL | 0 | Fruit Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| HESPERIDIN | 31 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| HESPERIDIN | 31 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| HESPERIDIN | 31 | Pericarp | 20500.0 | 68800.0 | 0.98 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| HESPERIDOSIDE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HEXADECANAL | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| HEXANAL | 5 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Preservative | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| ProHLDL | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Proliferant | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Prooxidant | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Prostaglandigenic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Prostaglandin-Synthetase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Prostatitigenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor | 2 | Naim, M., Zehavi, U., Nagy, S., and Rouseff, R.L. Hydroxycinnamic Acids as Off-Flavor Precursors in Citrus Fruits and Their Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.14. |
| Protisticide | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
| PTK-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Pyrogenic | 2 | Conradson, T. B. G., Dixon, C. M. S., Clarke, B., Barnes, P. J. 1987. Cardiovascular Effects of Infused Adenosine in Man: Potentiation by Dipyridamole. Acta Physiol Scand, 129(3): 387-391. |
| Quinone-Reductase-Inducer | 4 | Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103. |
| Radioprotective | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Refrigerant | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Renoirritant | 1 | Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp. |
| Respirastimulant | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
| Retinoprotectant Optometry | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Rubefacient | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Secretogogue | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |