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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
THYMOL 71 Pericarp Essent. Oil 53000.0 111000.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
TRANS-BETA-OCIMENE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 7500.0 0.03 Jim Duke's personal files.
TRANS-LIMONENE-1,2-OXIDE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
TRIDECANAL 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
TYRAMINE 11 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
UMBELLIFERONE 22 Shoot not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
UMBELLIPRENIN 0 Shoot not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
UNDECANAL 2 Essential Oil not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
VALENCENE 0 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
VICENIN-2 12 Pericarp not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
VIOLAXANTHIN 2 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
WATER 0 Fruit 850000.0 894000.0 0.54 Duke, 1992 *
XANTHOXYLETIN 1 Root not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
XANTHYLETIN 1 Root not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
XYLOSYL-VITEXIN 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ZEAXANTHIN 5 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antifertility 2 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifibrosarcomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrotic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiflu 8 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 195.
Antigallstone 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antigastric 1 Rastitel'nye Resursy, 21: 85.
Antigastritic 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antigingivitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiglaucomic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antigliomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiglossitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiglutamaergic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigonadotrophic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antigonadotropic 3 =ICMR(Indian Council of Medical Research).1976.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.1.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambridge Printing Works, New Delhi.487 pp;ICMR.1987.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.2.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambr. Printing Works,New Delhi.600pp
AntiGTF 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihalitosic 2 American Health, 12(4): 17, 1993.
Antihangover 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiheartburn 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihelicobacter 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antihematuric 1 Duke, 1992 *