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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Citrus mitis (Rutaceae)

Common Names
Calamansi; Calamondin
How this plant is used
Food

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
FAT 0 Jf 5300.0 53000.0 Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
GAMMA-TERPINENE 11 Fruit Juice 3.0 1.00 *
GERANYL-ACETATE 5 Fruit Juice 2.5 *
GERANYL-ACETATE 5 Jf 2.5 *
GLUCOSE 7 Fruit Juice 12000.0 *
IRON 6 Fruit 30.0 300.0 0.66 Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
KILOCALORIES 0 Fruit 380.0 3800.0 0.21 Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
LIMONENE 60 Fruit Juice *
LINALOL 0 Fruit Juice 0.9 -1.00 *
MALIC-ACID 15 Fruit Juice 2000.0 *
METHANOL 2 Fruit Juice 9.0 -1.00 *
MYRCENE 22 Fruit *
NERYL-ACETATE 5 Fruit Juice 0.3 *
NONANAL 0 Fruit Juice 0.5 *
OCTANAL 0 Fruit Juice 1.2 1.00 *
PECTIN 24 Fruit Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
PERILLALDEHYDE 11 Fruit Juice 0.4 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Fruit 700.0 7000.0 1.15 Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
PROTEIN 0 Fruit 8600.0 86000.0 -0.32 Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
PROTEIN 0 Fruit Juice 100.0 1000.0 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
Antiaggregant 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
Antiaging 1 *
Antiakathisic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiallergic 3 *
Antialzheimeran 1 *
Antialzheimeran? 1 Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Antianemic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antianxiety 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiaphthic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiarrhythmic 1 *
Antiarthritic 2 *
Antiasthmatic 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiatheromic 1 Cerda, J.J. Pectin in Health and Disease. HortScience, 25(12): 1485, 1990.
Antiatherosclerotic 5 *
Antibacterial 11 Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994.
Anticalculic 1 *
Anticancer 2 *
Anticanker 1 *
Anticariogenic 1 Muroi, H. and Kubo, I. 1993. Combination Effects of Antibacterial Compounds in Green Tea Flavor against Streptococcus mutans. J. Agric. Food Chem. 41: 1102-1105.
Anticataract 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.