Plant Citrus limon (Rutaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Lemon

How this plant is used

Food

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
NEOBYAKANGELICOL	0	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
NEOHESPERIDIN	6	Pericarp	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
NEOHESPERIDOSIDE	0	Pericarp	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEOXANTHIN	2	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NERAL	4	Essential Oil	27.0	130.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
NERAL	4	Leaf Essent. Oil	4000.0	172700.0	1.00	Jim Duke's personal files.
NERAL	4	Pericarp Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
NERAL	4	Petiole	not available	60.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEROL	10	Leaf Essent. Oil	8000.0	76000.0	-1.00	Jim Duke's personal files.
NEROL	10	Pericarp	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
NEROL	10	Pericarp Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
NEROL	10	Petiole	not available	41.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEROL-ACETATE	0	Essential Oil	16.0	310.0	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
NEROL-ACETATE	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	9000.0	1.00	Jim Duke's personal files.
NEROL-ACETATE	0	Pericarp Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
NERYL-ACETATE	5	Petiole	not available	13.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NERYL-ACETONE	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	28000.0	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
NERYL-FORMATE	2	Essential Oil	not available	20.0	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
NIACIN	39	Fruit	10.0	19.0	-0.56	Duke, 1992 *
NOBILETIN	8	Pericarp	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Testosterone-Hydroxylase-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
Tonic	1	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
Tranquilizer	3	Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jun-90.
Transdermal	5	Duke, 1992 *
Trichomonicide	9	Duke, 1992 *
Trypanocide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Tumor-Promoter	1	Duke, 1992 *
Tumorigenic	2	Jim Duke's personal files.
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
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.