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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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
GERANIOL 35 Pericarp Jim Duke's personal files.
GERANIOL 35 Petiole 80.0 *
GERANIOL-ACETATE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 8100.0 1.00 Jim Duke's personal files.
GERANIOL-ACETATE 0 Pericarp Essent. Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
GERANYL-ACETATE 5 Essential Oil 12.0 310.0 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
GERANYL-ACETATE 5 Petiole 12.0 *
GERANYL-BUTYRATE 3 Essential Oil Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
GERANYL-FORMATE 2 Essential Oil Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
GERANYL-OXY-PYRANOCOUMARIN 0 Root Jim Duke's personal files.
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Plant *
HEPTADECANAL 0 Essential Oil Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
HEPTANAL 0 Essential Oil 4.0 -1.00 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
HERACLENIN 2 Fruit Essent. Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
HERACLENOL 0 Fruit Essent. Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
HESPERIDIN 31 Fruit Jim Duke's personal files.
HESPERIDIN 31 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
HESPERIDIN 31 Pericarp 20500.0 68800.0 0.98 Jim Duke's personal files.
HESPERIDOSIDE 0 Fruit *
HEXADECANAL 0 Essential Oil Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
HEXANAL 5 Essential Oil Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Testosterone-Hydroxylase-Inducer 1 *
Thymoprotective 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
TNF-alpha-Inhibitor 4 *
Tonic 1 *
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor 4 Santti, R., Makela, S., Strauss, L., Korman, J., Kostian, M. L. 1998. Phytoestrogens: Potential Endocrine Disruptors in Males. Toxicol Ind Health, 14: 223-237.
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor 3 Shin, C. G., Strayer, J. M., Wani, M., Snapka, R. M. 1990. Rapid Evaluation of Topoisomerase Inhibitors: Caffeine Inhibition of Topoisomerases in vivo. Teratogen Carcinogen Mutagen, 10: 41-52.
Tracheorelaxant 1 *
Tranquilizer 3 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jun-90.
Transdermal 5 *
Trichomonicide 9 *
Trypanocide 1 *
Tumor-Promoter 1 *
Tumorigenic 2 Jim Duke's personal files.
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor 3 *
Tyrosine-Kinase-Inhibitor 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170.
Ubiquiot 5 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ulcerogenic 2 HerbalGram No. 20, page 9.
Uricosuric 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Urinary-Acidulant 1 Martindale's 29th
Urinary-Antiseptic 1 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.