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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Citrus mitis (Rutaceae)

Common Names
Calamansi; Calamondin
How this plant is used
Food

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
3-CARENE 0 Fruit Juice 0.2 *
ACETALDEHYDE 6 Fruit Juice 2.4 -1.00 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Fruit Juice 5.6 1.00 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Fruit Juice 21.0 1.41 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Fruit 884.0 11130.0 0.41 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Fruit Juice 300.0 445.0 1.00 *
ASH 0 Fruit 5400.0 64000.0 0.19 Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
ASH 0 Fruit Juice 6200.0 62000.0 Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
BETA-PINENE 13 Fruit Juice 2.0 *
BETA-SELINENE 3 Fruit Juice *
CALCIUM 28 Fruit 1400.0 14000.0 2.34 Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Fruit 32700.0 -4.01 Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
CITRIC-ACID 23 Fruit 28100.0 281000.0 3.95 Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
CITRIC-ACID 23 Fruit Juice 36000.0 55200.0 1.00 Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
DECANAL 0 Fruit Juice 1.1 1.00 *
DEHYROASCORBIC-ACID 0 Fruit Juice 22.0 *
EO 0 Leaf 9000.0 10600.0 -0.08 Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
ETHANOL 24 Fruit Juice 11.0 -1.00 *
FAT 0 Fruit 24100.0 240000.0 1.19 Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
FAT 0 Fruit Juice 5300.0 53000.0 Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.

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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Acaricide 3 (View) *
ACE-Inhibitor 3 (View) *
Acetylcholinergic 1 (View) *
AChE-Inhibitor 1 (View) Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Acidulant 1 (View) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Addictive 1 (View) Science News, 145: 294.
Aggregant 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 4 (View) Okamura, K., Iwakami, S., Matsunaga, T. 1992. Biological Activity of Monoterpenes from Trees. Toyama-Ken Yakuji Kenkyusho Nenpo, (20): 95-101.
Allelochemic 3 (View) *
Allelopathic 2 (View) Wright,C.W.(Ed)2002.Medicinal&Aromatic Plants-Industrial Profiles.Artemisia.344pp.Maffei,M.(Ed)2002.Vetiveria.The Genus Vetiveria.Taylor&Francis.NY,NY.191pp.Southwell,I.,Lowe,R.(Eds)1999.Tea Tree.The Genus Melaleuca.Harwood Acad.Pub.Amsterdam,Netherlands.
Allergenic 7 (View) *
Alpha-Amylase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Analgesic 2 (View) *
Anesthetic 1 (View) 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.
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 1 (View) *
Anhydrotic 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antiacetylcholinesterase 3 (View) *
Antiacne 3 (View) *
Antiadenomic 1 (View) *
AntiAGE 1 (View) 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