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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
Disinfectant 1 Martindale's 29th
Diuretic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Enterocontractant 1 J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.
Expectorant 3 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
Fungiphilic 1 J. Agric. Food Chem. 43: 2283.
Fungistat 1 Duke, 1992 *
GST-Inducer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hemopoietic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hemostat 2 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
Hypnotic 1 Martindale's 29th