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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
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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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Uricogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Uricosuric 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Urinary-Acidulant 1 Martindale's 29th
Vasodilator 2 *
Vibriocide 1 Blaschek, W., Hansel, R., Keller, K., Reichling, J., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1998. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Auflage Band 2 (A-K), 909 pp., (L-Z), 858 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Vulnerary 4 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).