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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 * |
| 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 * |