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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.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
MENTH-1-EN-9-OL 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
METHYL-HEPTANONE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-HEPTANONE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
METHYL-HEPTENONE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 6000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
MUCILAGE 3 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE 22 Essential Oil 65.0 1270.0 -0.43 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
MYRCENE 22 Leaf Essent. Oil 5500.0 10000.0 -0.33 Jim Duke's personal files.
MYRCENE 22 Pericarp not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
MYRCENE 22 Pericarp Essent. Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
MYRCENE 22 Petiole not available 75.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
N-METHYL-TYRAMINE 1 Leaf not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
NARINGENIN 56 Pericarp not available not available not available Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
NARINGIN 12 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
NARINGIN 12 Pericarp not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
NARINGIN-6''-MALONATE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
NARINGIN-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
NARINGOSIDE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NARIRUTIN 1 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
NARIRUTIN 1 Pericarp not available 3600.0 1.00 Jim Duke's personal files.
NARIRUTIN-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
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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
Secretomotor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Sedative 23 Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
Serotonin-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Serotoninergic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Spasmogenic 6 Fitoterapia No.59-1984.
Spasmolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Spermicide 3 Martindale's 28th
Sprout-Inhibitor 1 Duke, J.A.. Personal Communication.
Stimulant 1 R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R.
Stomachic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Succinoxidase-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Sunscreen 4 Lazarova*, G., Kostova, I., Neychev, H. 1992. Photodynamic damage prevention by some hydroxycoumarins. Fitoterapia 64(2): 134-136, 1993.
Surfactant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Sympathomimetic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Systolic-Depressant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Tachycardic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Teratogenic 4 Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Teratologic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Termiticide 2 Duke, 1992 *
Termitifuge 2 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.