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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
NOMILIN 2 Seed not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
NOMILIN 2 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
NOMILIN-17-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Seed not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
NOMILIN-17-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Seed not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
NOMILINIC-ACID-17-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Seed not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
NOMILINIC-ACID-4-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Pericarp not available 9.8 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
NONAN-1-AL 0 Essential Oil 3.0 7.0 not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
NONAN-1-AL 0 Pericarp not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
NONAN-1-OL 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 14000.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
NONANAL 0 Essential Oil 9.0 30.0 not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
NONANAL 0 Petiole not available 1.5 not available Duke, 1992 *
NONANOL 0 Petiole not available 0.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
NONYL-ACETATE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NONYL-ALDEHYDE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NOOTKATONE 3 Essential Oil not available 1.0 not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
NOOTKATONE 3 Petiole not available 0.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
NOOTKATONE 3 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NOOTKATONE 3 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
O-PHENYLPHENOL 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
OBACUNONE 3 Seed 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
Antidysmenorrheic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidyspeptic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidysphagic 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiEBV 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antieczemic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiedemic 10 Shimizu,*M., et al. 1990. Anti-inflammatory Constituents of Topically Applied Crude Drugs. IV.1) Constituents and Anti-inflammatory Effect of Paraguayan Crude Drug 'Alhucema' (Lavandula latifolia Vill.)2). Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(8): 2283-2284, 1990.
Antielastase 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiemetic 1 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Antiencephalitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiencephalopathic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiendometriotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiendotoxic 1 Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Antienteritic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiepileptic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antierythemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiescherichic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiesophagitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiestrogenic 6 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifatigue 4 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antifeedant 17 Duke, 1992 *