Pharmacological Actions of Citrus Limon Leave...

Pharmacological Actions of Citrus Limon Leaves

Author Name : Waliwita WALC, Dharshika AKD, Liyanage RP, Dissanayake KGC

ABSTRACT

Citrus limon is one of the most widespread plant in globally, with great economic and heath value, natural products have been the source of new drugs since ancient times. Plants are a good source of secondary metabolites which have been found to have beneficial properties. Every plant part (fruit, leaves, peel of fruit, roots, bark, flowers etc.) of Citrus limon gives benefits in economically as well as medicinally. The present study is a review about the chemistry and pharmacology of Citrus limon leaves, this reveals chemical compositions of Citrus limon leaves as a source of natural compounds with important activities that are beneficial for human health that could be used to develop new products or drug preparations. Since Citrus limon leaves have been used generously in various types of medicinally and culinary efforts in the world, it can be assumed that lemon leaves are edible and important in therapeutically but researches need to further study on this topic.

Keywords: Antibacterial, Citrus Limon, Essential oils.