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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALPHA-COPAENE | 0 | Petiole | not available | 0.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-CUBEBENE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| ALPHA-HUMULENE | 2 | Essential Oil | not available | 10.0 | -0.48 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| ALPHA-HUMULENE | 2 | Petiole | not available | 1.5 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE | 11 | Essential Oil | not available | 20.0 | -0.59 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE | 11 | Petiole | not available | 2.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-PINENE | 28 | Essential Oil | 40.0 | 500.0 | -0.56 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| ALPHA-PINENE | 28 | Fruit Essent. Oil | not available | 7000.0 | -0.76 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ALPHA-PINENE | 28 | Leaf Essent. Oil | 500.0 | 2000.0 | -0.74 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ALPHA-PINENE | 28 | Pericarp | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ALPHA-PINENE | 28 | Pericarp Essent. Oil | 5000.0 | 14000.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ALPHA-PINENE | 28 | Petiole | not available | 90.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-SINENSAL | 0 | Petiole | not available | 0.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-TERPINENE | 13 | Essential Oil | not available | 70.0 | -0.78 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| ALPHA-TERPINENE | 13 | Pericarp | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ALPHA-TERPINENE | 13 | Petiole | not available | 8.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-TERPINEOL | 23 | Essential Oil | 6.0 | 50.0 | -0.77 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| ALPHA-TERPINEOL | 23 | Leaf Essent. Oil | 4000.0 | 125000.0 | 1.66 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ALPHA-TERPINEOL | 23 | Pericarp | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ALPHA-TERPINEOL | 23 | Pericarp Essent. Oil | 4000.0 | 73000.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| 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. |