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Plant Citrus mitis (Rutaceae)

Common Names
Calamansi; Calamondin
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
SUCROSE 14 Fruit Juice not available 11000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SUCROSE 14 Jf not available 11000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
TERPINEN-4-OL 23 Fruit Juice not available 0.2 not available Duke, 1992 *
TERPINOLENE 9 Fruit Juice not available 0.3 not available Duke, 1992 *
VALENCENE 0 Fruit Juice not available 0.3 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
WATER 0 Fruit 870800.0 871200.0 0.44 Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
WATER 0 Fruit Juice not available 896000.0 not available Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
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
Antitubercular 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
Antitumor (Breast) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Gastric) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Pancreas) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Prostate) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Stomach) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitussive 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcer 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antivaricose 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiviral 4 Duke, 1992 *
Anxiolytic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Apoptotic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Asthma-preventive 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Atherogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Bacteriostatic 1 Chin. J. Tuber. Respir. Dis.
Bacteristat 1 Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker 1 Duke, 1992 *