Table 3.
Composition of C. limon fruits extracts.
| Group of Compounds | Part of Fruit | Metabolites |
|---|---|---|
| Flavonoids | Whole fruit (pulp, seed and peel) | flavonones: eriocitrin, eriodiktyol, hesperidin, naringin, neoeriocitrin, neohesperidin |
| flavones: apigenin, diosmetin, diosmin, homoorientin, luteolin, orientin, vitexin | ||
| flavonols: isoramnethin, quercetin, limocitrin, rutoside, spinacetin | ||
| Limonoids | Whole fruit (pulp, seed and peel) | limonin, nomilin |
| Phenolic acids | Whole fruit (pulp, seed and peel) | dihydroferulic acid, p-hydroxybenzoic acid, 3-(2-hydroxy-4-methoxyphenyl)propanoic acid, synapic acid |
| Carboxylic acids | Whole fruit (pulp, seed and peel) | citric acid, galacturonic acid, glucuronic acid, glutaric acid, homocitric acid, 3-hydroxymethylglutaric acid, isocitric acid, malic acid, quinic acid |
| Coumarins | Whole fruit (pulp, seed and peel) | citropten (5,7-dimethoxycoumarin), scopoletin |
| Furanocoumarins | Whole fruit (pulp, seed and peel) | bergamottin |
| Amino acids | Whole fruit (pulp, seed and peel) | L-alanine, L-arginine, L-asparagine, L-aspartic acid, dimethylglycine, glutamic acid, L-phenylalanine, DL-proline, L-tryptophan, L-tyrosine, L-valine |
| Carbohydrates | Peel | monosaccharides: arabinose, fructose, β-fructofuranose, β-fructopyranose, galactose, glucose, mannose, myoinositol, rhamnose, scylloinositol, xylose |
| Whole fruit (pulp, seed and peel) | disaccharides: sucrose | |
| Vitamins and theirsmetabolites | Whole fruit (pulp, seed and peel) | choline, pantothenic acid, trigoneline, vitamin C |
| Macroelements | Pulp and peel | calcium (Ca), magnesium (Mg), phosphorus (P), potassium (K), sodium (Na) |