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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Cymbopogon citratus (Poaceae)

Common Names
West Indian Lemongrass; Lemongrass
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe

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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
CITRONELLIC-ACID 0 Plant Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
CITRONELLOL 15 Plant *
CITRONELLYL-ACETATE 2 Plant ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
COBALT 2 Plant 48.0 1.09 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
CYMBOPOGONE 0 Plant Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
CYMBOPOGONOL 0 Leaf Wax 200.0 Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
CYMBOPOGONOL 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
DECANAL 0 Plant Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
DIACETYL 2 Plant Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
DIPENTENE 7 Plant *
EO 0 Plant 2000.0 30000.0 1.54 *
FARNESAL 2 Plant Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
FARNESOL 17 Plant Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
FAT 0 Plant 71000.0 0.28 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
FUCOSTEROL 0 Plant *
FURFURAL 6 Plant Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
GERANIC-ACID 0 Plant Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
GERANIOL 35 Plant 10.0 36.0 -0.44 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
GERANYL-ACETATE 5 Plant Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
HCN 9 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Culicide 1 *
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor 1 *
Cytochrome-P450-1A2-Inhibitor 1 *
Cytochrome-P450-Inducer 1 *
Cytoprotective 1 *
Cytotoxic 4 Matsukawa, Y., et al. The Effect of Quercetin and Other Flavonoids on Cell Cycle Progresssion and Growth of Human Gastric Cancer Cells. Planta Medica, 56(6): 677, 1990.
Decongestant 1 *
Degranulant 1 *
Deiodinase-Inhibitor 2 Jim Duke's personal files.
Dentifrice 1 Martindale's 29th
Deodorant 1 Martindale's 29th
Depressant 1 Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
Detoxicant 1 *
Detoxicant (Alcohol) 1 *
Diaphoretic? 1 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90.
Differentiator 2 *
Diuretic 4 Jim Duke's personal files.
Edemagenic 1 *
Embryotoxic 2 *
Emetic 1 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Sep-97.