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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.
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
THYMOL 71 Pericarp Essent. Oil 53000.0 111000.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
TRANS-BETA-OCIMENE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 7500.0 0.03 Jim Duke's personal files.
TRANS-LIMONENE-1,2-OXIDE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
TRIDECANAL 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
TYRAMINE 11 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
UMBELLIFERONE 22 Shoot not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
UMBELLIPRENIN 0 Shoot not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
UNDECANAL 2 Essential Oil not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
VALENCENE 0 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
VICENIN-2 12 Pericarp not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
VIOLAXANTHIN 2 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
WATER 0 Fruit 850000.0 894000.0 0.54 Duke, 1992 *
XANTHOXYLETIN 1 Root not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
XANTHYLETIN 1 Root not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
XYLOSYL-VITEXIN 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ZEAXANTHIN 5 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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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.