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Plant Citrus medica (Rutaceae)

Common Names
Citron
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
3,5,6-TRIHYDROXY-7,3',4'-TRIMETHOXY-FLAVONE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3,5,6-TRIHYDROXY-7,4'-DIMETHOXY-FLAVONE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ARSENIC 2 Fruit not available 1.6 1.56 Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Fruit not available 6840.0 0.69 Duke, 1992 *
CITRAL 53 Pericarp not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
COPPER 12 Fruit not available 9.0 -0.30 Duke, 1992 *
D-LIMONENE 19 Pericarp not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIPENTENE 7 Pericarp not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GERANYL-ACETATE 5 Pericarp not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HESPERIDIN 31 Pericarp not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Fruit not available 60.0 -0.29 Duke, 1992 *
LINALYL-ACETATE 7 Pericarp not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Fruit not available 950.0 -0.55 Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE 14 Fruit not available 9.0 -0.34 Duke, 1992 *
NORDENTATIN 1 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHELLANDRENE 4 Pericarp not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM 14 Fruit not available 15500.0 -0.21 Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM 1 Fruit not available 113.0 -0.17 Duke, 1992 *
XANTHYLETIN 1 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ZINC 77 Fruit not available 14.0 -0.49 Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Antivaccinia 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 197.
Antiviral 3 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Antiviral? 1 Martindale's 29th
Anxiolytic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Apoptotic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Astringent 1 Martindale's 28th
Barbituate-Synergist 1 Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Blocker 1 Duke, 1992 *
Bronchorelaxant 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Calcium-Antagonist 3 Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive 2 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Capillariprotective 1 Martindale's 29th
Carcinogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cardioprotective 3 Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Caspase-3-Inducer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Catabolic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive 2 Duke, 1992 *
Choleretic 1 Duke, 1992 *