Lemon (Citrus limon) is a citrus fruit whose peel yields an essential oil used in food, pharmaceutical, and fragrance applications.[1]
Healing Properties
Antimicrobial
Natural Preservative
Essential oil derived from Citrus limon peels exhibits bactericidal activity against Leuconostoc mesenteroides MS1, a heterofermentative lactic acid bacterium responsible for spoilage of vacuum-packed Vienna sausages.[2]
- The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) and minimum bactericidal concentration (MBC) of Citrus limon essential oil against Leuconostoc mesenteroides MS1 fall in the ranges of 0.64–1.87 mg/mL and 0.76–2.41 mg/mL, respectively.[2:1]
- While Citrus limon essential oil is an effective bactericide, Leuconostoc mesenteroides MS1 is more sensitive to Aloysia polystachya, Laurus nobilis, and Eucalyptus cinerea essential oils and pure ®-(−)-carvone, due to its high limonene content, which is a less potent antimicrobial compound compared to carvone.[2:2]
- Citrus limon essential oil has been found effective against Listeria monocytogenes, Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus cereus, Escherichia coli O157, and Campylobacter jejuni.[2:3]
Disease / Symptom Treatment
Kidney Stones
Lemon Juice can prevent kidney stones.
Study Type: Animal Study, Commentary, Human Study: In Vitro - In Vivo - In Silico, Human: Case Report, Meta Analysis, Review
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Citations: ↩︎Title: Evaluation of essential oils from Aloysia polystachya, Citrus limon, Eucalyptus cinerea, and Laurus nobilis, and ®-(−)-carvone as natural preservatives in Vienna sausages
Publication: Flavour and Fragrance Journal
Date: 2025
Study Type: Human Study: In Vitro
Author(s): M. A. Serra, A. del L. Quiberoni, A. E. Andreatta
Institutions: Universidad Tecnológica Nacional, Facultad Regional San Francisco, San Francisco, Córdoba, Argentina; Instituto de Lactología Industrial, Universidad Nacional del Litoral — CONICET, Santa Fe, Argentina ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎