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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
OBACUNONE-17-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Seed not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
OBACUNONE-17-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Seed not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
OCIMENE 2 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
OCTAN-1-AL 0 Pericarp not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
OCTANAL 0 Petiole not available 2.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
OCTANOIC-ACID 5 Essential Oil not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
OCTANOL 0 Essential Oil 10.0 15.0 not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
OCTANOL 0 Petiole not available 2.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
OCTOPAMINE 0 Leaf not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
OCTYL-ACETATE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
OCTYL-ALDEHYDE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OSTHOL 15 Root not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
OSTHOLE 4 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OXYPEUCEDANIN 6 Essential Oil not available 207.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
OXYPEUCEDANIN 6 Fruit Essent. Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
OXYPEUCEDANIN-HYDRATE 2 Essential Oil not available 64.0 not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
P-ALPHA-DIMETHYLSTYRENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Fruit 6.0 102.0 -0.21 Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENE 16 Essential Oil 12.0 31.0 -0.63 Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENE 16 Leaf Essent. Oil 4100.0 20000.0 -0.48 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
Anticoronary 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiCrohn's 2 Martindale's 29th
AntiCTS 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiCVI 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticystitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticytotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidecubitic 3 Martindale's 28th
Antideliriant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidementia 5 Bruneton, J. 1999. Pharmacognosy, Phytochemistry, Medicinal Plants. 2nd Ed. Lavoisier Publishing, Paris. 1119 pp.
Antidepressant 5 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidermatic 1 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Antidermatitic 6 Martindale's 29th
Antidiabetic 7 Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989.
Antidiarrheic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antidiuretic 1 LAWSON in Koch, H. P. and Lawson, L. D., eds. 1996. Garlic- The
Science and therapeutic application of Allium sativum L. and related species. Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore. 329 pp.
AntiDNA 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidote (Aluminum) 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antidote (Cadmium) 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Lead) 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Paraquat) 1 Martindale's 28th