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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
CITRONETIN 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
CITRONIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
CITROPTEN 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CITROPTEN 0 Fruit Essent. Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CITRUSIN-A 0 Pericarp not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CITRUSIN-B 0 Pericarp not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CITRUSIN-C 0 Pericarp not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CITRUSIN-F 0 Pericarp not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CNIDICIN 0 Fruit Essent. Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CONIFERIN 2 Pericarp not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
COUMARINS 0 Pt not available not available not available Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
D-GALACTURONIC-ACID 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
D-LIMONENE 19 Essential Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
D-LIMONENE 19 Leaf Essent. Oil 99000.0 667000.0 1.00 Jim Duke's personal files.
D-LIMONENE 19 Pericarp not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
D-LIMONENE 19 Pericarp Essent. Oil not available 694400.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
DEACETYL-NOMILIN 0 Seed not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
DEACETYL-NOMILIN-17-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DECAN-1-AL 1 Pericarp not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
DECANAL 0 Essential Oil 6.0 20.0 not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antibronchitic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antibronchoconstrictor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticalculic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer 10 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Breast) 4 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Cervix) 2 Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Anticancer (Colon) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Forestomach) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Gastric) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Liver) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Lung) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Pancreas) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Prostate) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Skin) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticanker 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticapillary-Fragility 3 Martindale's 28th
Anticarcinogenic 5 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Anticarcinomic 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticarcinomic (Breast) 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Anticardiospasmic 1 Duke, 1992 *