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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Nov 29.
Published in final edited form as: Nutr Cancer. 2010;62(6):783–788. doi: 10.1080/01635581003693066

TABLE 1.

Average d-limonene levels determined in time-matched adipose and plasma samples collected after a single dose of high-limonene lemonade consumption and after 4 wk of daily consumptiona

Adipose d-Limonene
Concentration,
μmol/kgb
Plasma d-Limonene
Concentration,
μmol/lc
Adipose/Plasma
d-Limonene Ratioc,d
Post 4 Wk/
Initial Adipose
d-Limonene
Ratiob
Post 4 Wk/
Initial Plasma
d-Limonene
Ratioc
Initial
Mean (SD) 3.79 (3.26)e 0.48 (0.21) 7.6 (7.5)
Range ND–7.79 0.35–0.72 ND–20.0
Post 4 wk
Mean (SD) 137 (87.2)f,g 1.12 (0.42)h 111.0 (51.5) 44.5 (29.3) 2.6 (1.1)
Range 53.6–293.9 0.54–1.65 51.0–195 8.6–89.3 1.1–4.2
a

Abbreviation is as follows: ND, not detectable.

b

n = 7.

c

n = 6.

d

Calculated by assuming the fat density of 0.9 g/ml (kg/l).

e

Initial adipose and plasma levels were not significantly different (P = 0.157).

f

Significantly higher than the initial adipose samples (P = 0.009).

g

Post 4-wk intervention adipose levels were significantly higher than plasma levels (P = 0.009).

h

Significantly higher than the initial plasma samples (P = 0.016).