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
ALPHA-TERPINEOL	23	Petiole	not available	32.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINYL-ACETATE	0	Petiole	not available	0.1	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINYL-PROPIONATE	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALPHA-THUJENE	0	Essential Oil	16.0	40.0	-0.40	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALPHA-THUJENE	0	Petiole	not available	20.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
APIGENIN-7-(6-O-ALPHA-RHAMNOSYL-BETA-GLUCOSIDE)	0	Pericarp	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
APIGENIN-C-GLYCOSIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Fruit	5208.0	5566.0	0.06	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Fruit Juice	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
ASH	0	Fruit	not available	28000.0	-0.74	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
AURAPTEN	2	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
AUREUSIDIN	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AUREUSIDIN-6-GLUCOSIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AUREUSIDIN-6-RHAMNOGLUCOSIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BERGAMOTENE	0	Essential Oil	16.0	40.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BERGAMOTTIN	2	Essential Oil	not available	649.0	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
BERGAMOTTIN	2	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
BERGAPTEN	26	Essential Oil	not available	10.0	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
BERGAPTEN	26	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
BERGAPTEN	26	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.

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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 *