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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
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.
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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
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 *