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
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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Anticariogenic	8	Muroi, H. and Kubo, I. 1993. Combination Effects of Antibacterial Compounds in Green Tea Flavor against Streptococcus mutans. J. Agric. Food Chem. 41: 1102-1105.
Anticarpal-Tunnel	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticataleptic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticataract	7	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticatarrh	1	Martindale's 29th
Anticephalagic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticervicaldysplasic	3	Duke, 1992 *
AntiCFS	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticheilitic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antichilblain	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticholinergic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticholinesterase	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticlastogen	3	Duke, 1992 *
Anticlimacteric	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticoagulant	2	Merck 11th Edition
Anticold	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticolic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticolitic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticomplementary	3	Duke, 1992 *
Anticonvulsant	7	Duke, 1992 *