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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. |
| 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 * |