DefinitionThis section has been translated automatically.
Grated lemon peel, no recognized medicinal significance, used as a flavouring agent in teas or pastries.
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
Traditionally according to § 109 AMG in combination preparations: To support the digestive function and to improve indisposition.
Ingredient(s)This section has been translated automatically.
Essential oil, especially limonene, citral, other monoterpenes, flavonoids (neohesperidosides and rutinosides of hesperetin and naringenin), carotenoids, organic acids, especially citric acid, furanocoumarins, coumarin derivativesand pectins.
Complication(s)This section has been translated automatically.
Phototoxic reactions due to the furanocoumarins contained.
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. 1037-1041
