Common Names
Lemon Bush; Umsuzwane (Zulu)
How this plant is used
Medicinal
Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
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ALANINE | 3 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Neidlein, R., Staehle, R. 1974. Constituents of Lippia javanica. III. Deutsche Apot. Ziit., 114: 1588. |
ARGININE | 14 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Neidlein, R., Staehle, R. 1974. Constituents of Lippia javanica. III. Deutsche Apot. Ziit., 114: 1588. |
ASPARAGINE | 2 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Neidlein, R., Staehle, R. 1974. Constituents of Lippia javanica. III. Deutsche Apot. Ziit., 114: 1588. |
CARYOPHYLLENE | 31 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
CHOLINE | 20 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Neidlein, R., Staehle, R. 1974. Constituents of Lippia javanica. III. Deutsche Apot. Ziit., 114: 1588. |
CIS-OCIMENONE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Mwangi, J., Addae-Mensah, I., Munavu, R., Lwande, W. 1991. Essential Oils of Kenyan Lippia Species. Part III. Flavour and Fragrance Journal, 6(3): 221-224. |
D-GLUCOSE | 1 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Neidlein, R., Staehle, R. 1974. Constituents of Lippia javanica. III. Deutsche Apot. Ziit., 114: 1588. |
EO | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Neidlein, R., Staehle, R. 1974. Constituents of Lippia javanica. III. Deutsche Apot. Ziit., 114: 1588. |
ICTEROGENIN | 2 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Watt, J.M. and Breyer-Brandwijk, M.G. 1962. The Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of Southern and Eastern Africa. E. & S. Livingstone, Ltd. Edinburg & London. 1457 pp. |
IPSDIENONE | 2 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Van Wyk, B. E. and Gericke, N. 2000. People's Plants. Briza Publications, Arcadia, South Africa. 351 pp. |
LINALOOL | 53 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
MYRCENE | 22 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Van Wyk, B. E. and Gericke, N. 2000. People's Plants. Briza Publications, Arcadia, South Africa. 351 pp. |
MYRCENONE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Mwangi, J., Addae-Mensah, I., Munavu, R., Lwande, W. 1991. Essential Oils of Kenyan Lippia Species. Part III. Flavour and Fragrance Journal, 6(3): 221-224. |
OCIMENE | 2 | Plant | not available | 4000.0 | 2.29 | Watt, J.M. and Breyer-Brandwijk, M.G. 1962. The Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of Southern and Eastern Africa. E. & S. Livingstone, Ltd. Edinburg & London. 1457 pp. |
P-CYMENE | 16 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
PROLINE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Neidlein, R., Staehle, R. 1974. Constituents of Lippia javanica. III. Deutsche Apot. Ziit., 114: 1588. |
THEVESIDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | 300.0 | not available | Rimpler, H., Sauerbier, H. 1986. Iridoid Glucosides as Taxonomic Markers in the Genera Lantana, Lippia, Aloysia and Phyla. Biochem. Syst. Ecol., 14(3): 307-310. |
THEVESIDE | 0 | Root | not available | 350.0 | not available | Rimpler, H., Sauerbier, H. 1986. Iridoid Glucosides as Taxonomic Markers in the Genera Lantana, Lippia, Aloysia and Phyla. Biochem. Syst. Ecol., 14(3): 307-310. |
THEVIRIDOSIDE | 0 | Root | not available | 370.0 | not available | Rimpler, H., Sauerbier, H. 1986. Iridoid Glucosides as Taxonomic Markers in the Genera Lantana, Lippia, Aloysia and Phyla. Biochem. Syst. Ecol., 14(3): 307-310. |
TRANS-OCIMENONE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Mwangi, J., Addae-Mensah, I., Munavu, R., Lwande, W. 1991. Essential Oils of Kenyan Lippia Species. Part III. Flavour and Fragrance Journal, 6(3): 221-224. |
Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
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Antimange | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antimanic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
Antimite | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antimutagenic | 2 | Kauderer, B., Zamith, H., Paumgartten, F.J.R., and Speit, G. Evaluation of the Mutagenicity of B-Myrcene in Mammalian Cells In Vitro. Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis 18: 28-34, 1991. |
Antinitrosaminic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antinociceptive | 2 | Rao, V.S.N., Menezes, A.M.S., Viana, G.S.B. 1990. Effect of myrcene on nociception in mice. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 877-878, 1990. |
Antionychyotic | 1 | Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp. |
Antioxidant | 2 | Larson, R.A. 1987. Review Article Number 30. The Antioxidants of Higher Plants. Phytochemistry. 27: 969-978. |
Antioxidant? | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antiproliferant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antirheumatalgic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
Antisecretory | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antiseptic | 1 | Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176) |
Antishock | 1 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
Antisickling | 1 | Ekeke, G.I. and Shode, F.O. 1988. Phenylalanine is the Predominant Antisickling Agent in Cajanus cajan Seed Extract. Planta Medica 56(1): 41, 1990. |
Antispasmodic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antistaphylococcic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antisteatotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antistreptococcic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antitumor | 1 | Zheng, G-Q., Kenney, P.M., and Lam, L.K.T. Sesquiterpenes From Clove (Eugenia caryophyllata) As Potential Anticarcinogenic Agents. Journal of Natural Products 55(7): 999-1003, 1992. |