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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CARYOPHYLLENE | 31 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE | 8 | Leaf Essent. Oil | 0.8 | 15600.0 | 1.32 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CHLOROPHYLL-A | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHLOROPHYLL-B | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-LIMONENE-1,2-OXIDE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CITRAL | 53 | Essential Oil | 250.0 | 300.0 | -0.79 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CITRAL | 53 | Fruit Essent. Oil | not available | 6000.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CITRAL | 53 | Pericarp | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CITRIC-ACID | 23 | Fruit | not available | 59500.0 | 0.32 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| CITRIC-ACID | 23 | Fruit Juice | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CITRONELLAL | 20 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CITRONELLAL | 20 | Leaf Essent. Oil | 25000.0 | 89000.0 | -1.00 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CITRONELLAL | 20 | Pericarp | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CITRONELLAL | 20 | Pericarp Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CITRONELLAL | 20 | Petiole | not available | 3.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CITRONELLOL | 15 | Leaf Essent. Oil | 3700.0 | 14000.0 | -0.97 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CITRONELLOL | 15 | Pericarp | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CITRONELLOL | 15 | Pericarp Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CITRONELLYL-ACETATE | 2 | Petiole | not available | 1.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CITRONELLYL-ACETATE | 2 | Plant | 4.0 | 20.0 | -0.68 | 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. |