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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Fruit | not available | 80.0 | -0.69 | Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.) |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BRAYLIN | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BYAKANGELICIN | 5 | Essential Oil | not available | 29.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BYAKANGELICIN | 5 | Fruit Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BYAKANGELICOL | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BYAKANGELICOL | 0 | Fruit Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CADINENE | 4 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| CAFFEIC-ACID | 102 | Fruit | 21.0 | 35.0 | -0.33 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAFFEINE | 62 | Flower | not available | 50.0 | 0.22 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Fruit | 700.0 | 3227.0 | -0.15 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| CAMPESTEROL | 2 | Fruit | not available | 20.0 | -0.49 | Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.) |
| CAMPHENE | 9 | Essential Oil | 2.0 | 50.0 | -0.69 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| CAMPHENE | 9 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CAMPHENE | 9 | Petiole | not available | 3.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Fruit | 111000.0 | 863000.0 | 0.43 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| CARVEOL | 1 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CARVEOL | 1 | Petiole | not available | 0.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARVONE | 19 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CARYOPHYLLENE | 31 | Essential Oil | 11.0 | 28.0 | -0.77 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Uterosedative | 2 | Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990. |
| Uterotrophic | 1 | Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 227.1999. |
| Varroacide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Vasoconstrictor | 2 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
| Vasodilator | 12 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Vasopressor | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| VEGF-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Venoprotective | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Venotonic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Vermicide | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Verrucolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Vibriocide | 1 | Blaschek, W., Hansel, R., Keller, K., Reichling, J., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1998. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Auflage Band 2 (A-K), 909 pp., (L-Z), 858 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. |
| Vulnerary | 4 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor | 5 | Chem. & Pharm. Bull. 38: 1772. |