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Identification & Functionality
- Active Component
- INCI Name
- Ingredient Name
- Ingredient Origin
- Pharma & Nutraceuticals Functions
- CAS No.
- 84929-31-7, 92346-89-9
- Ingredients
- Lemon Extract
- Technologies
- Product Families
- Parts Used
- Fruit
- Citrus limon is a tree with evergreen leaves and yellow edible fruits. The C. limon fruit stands out as having well-known nutritional properties. It has traditionally been used as a remedy for scurvy before the discovery of vitamin C. Other uses for lemon juice, known from traditional medicine, include treatment of high blood pressure, the common cold, and irregular menstruation.
- Family
- Rutaceae
- Common Name
- Lemon
- Botanical Name
- Citrus limon
- Active Principles
- The most important group of bioactive compounds are flavonoids such as flavanones—eriodictyol, hesperidin, hesperetin, naringin; flavones—apigenin, diosmin; flavanols—quercetin; and their derivatives. Some flavonoids, such as neohesperidin, naringin and hesperidin, are characteristic for C. limon fruit. It has the highest content of eriocitrin.
- The main compounds of essential oil are monoterpenoids, especially D-limonene.
- There are mainly two such compounds in the juice—ferulic acid and synapic acid, and their derivatives. In contrast, the presence of p-hydroxybenzoic acid has been confirmed in the fruit. In the fruit, there are also coumarin compounds, carboxylic acids, carbohydrates, as well as amino acids, a complex of B vitamins, and, importantly, vitamin C (ascorbic acid).
Features & Benefits
- Benefit Claims
- Benefit Claims (Health)
- Labeling Claims
- Food Ingredients Features
- Citrus Bioflavonoids Extract Health Benefits
- May support heart health.
- Good source of vitamin C.
- May help to control weight.
- May promote health of kidneys.
- May help in anemic conditions.
- Improves digestive health
Applications & Uses
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- Applications
- Food & Nutrition Applications
Regulatory & Compliance
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