DefinitionThis section has been translated automatically.
Essential oil extracted from lemon peel using a special process.
Listed in Ph.Helv., the Swiss Pharmacopoeia.
ESCOP: not processed
HMPC: not processed
Commission E: not processed
Empirical medicine: appetite stimulant, digestive stimulant, odor-correcting agent, mild skin irritant as an embrocation, also for venous diseases and flu-like infections, also contained in throat lozenges, e.g. Carmol® throat lozenges.
see also under Pericarpium Citri
Ingredient(s)This section has been translated automatically.
especially D-limonene, monoterpenoid carbonyl compounds, geranyl acetate, α-terpineol, phellandrene, anthanilic acid methyl ester and furanocoumarins, coumarin derivatives.
Complication(s)This section has been translated automatically.
Dose-dependent toxic irritant effect due to the essential oils, dose-independent allergic contact reactions of the late type. see also citrus fruit allergy
LiteratureThis section has been translated automatically.
- https://www.awl.ch/heilpflanzen/citrus_limon/zitrone.htm
- Blaschek W (2015) Wichtl tea drugs and phytopharmaceuticals. A handbook for practice. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellschaft Munich. S 183-185
- Montag A (2023) Plants and skin. Springer-Verlag GmbH. S. 363-365
