Plant Citrus medica (Rutaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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 *

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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
Hyperthermic	1	HerbalGram No. 22 - Spring 1990, page 45.
Hypocholesterolemic	4	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Hypoglycemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hypolipidemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hypotensive	4	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Immunomodulator	3	Duke, 1992 *
Immunostimulant	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Immunosuppressant	1	Martindale's 29th
Insecticide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Insectifuge	1	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Insectiphile	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Insulinogenic	2	Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Irritant	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Laxative	2	Duke, 1992 *
Leptingenic	1	Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Litholytic	2	Martindale's 28th
Motor-Depressant	1	Buchbauer et al, e.g.Buchbauer et al,1993.Therapeutic properties of essential oils and fragrances. Chap.12 in Teranishi,R, Buttery,R.G and Sugisawa,H. Eds. Bioactive Volatile Compounds from Plants. ACS Symposium Series 525. Amer. Chem. Soc., Washington DC
Mucogenic	1	Li, K.M. Effect of zinc sulphate on acetic acid-induced gastric ulceration in rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 657-659, 1990.
Myorelaxant	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.