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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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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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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Disinfectant 1 Martindale's 29th
Diuretic 3 *
Enterocontractant 1 J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.
Expectorant 3 *
Fistula-Preventive 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Flatugenic 1 Singh, J., Gupta, K., and Arora, S.K. 1993. Changes in the anti-nutritional factors of developing seeds and pod walls of fenugreek (Trigonella foenum graecum L.). Plant Foods for Human Nutrition. 46: 77-84, 1994.
FLavor 10 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Fungicide 6 *
Fungiphilic 1 J. Agric. Food Chem. 43: 2283.
Fungistat 1 *
GST-Inducer 1 *
Hemopoietic 1 *
Hemostat 2 *
Hepatotoxic 1 Martindale's 29th
Herbicide 4 Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.
Histaminic 1 *
Hypercholesterolemic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Hyperglycemic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Hypertensive 1 *
Hypnotic 1 Martindale's 29th