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Common Names
Lemon
How this plant is used
Food
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 * |