LIMONENE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does limonene mean? 

• LIMONENE (noun)
  The noun LIMONENE has 1 sense:

1. a liquid terpene with a lemon odor; found in lemons and oranges and other essential oils

  Familiarity information: LIMONENE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LIMONENE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A liquid terpene with a lemon odor; found in lemons and oranges and other essential oils

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("limonene" is a kind of...):

terpene (an unsaturated hydrocarbon obtained from plants)

 Context examples 

A naturally occurring monoterpene related to limonene with antineoplastic activity.

(Perillyl alcohol, NCI Thesaurus)

Blue citrus contains large amounts of limonene, citral and synephrine, which may attribute to its analgesic activity.

(Blue Citrus-Based Herbal Capsule, NCI Thesaurus)

A racemic mixture of limonene, a natural cyclic monoterpene and major component of the oil extracted from citrus rind with chemo-preventive and antitumor activities.

(Limonene, (+/-)-, NCI Thesaurus)

Although the mechanism of action has yet to be fully elucidated, limonene and its metabolites perillic acid, dihydroperillic acid, uroterpenol and limonene 1,2-diol may inhibit tumor growth through inhibition of p21-dependent signaling and may induce apoptosis via the induction of the transforming growth factor beta-signaling pathway.

(Limonene, NCI Thesaurus)

The metabolites of DL-limonene, perillic acid, dihydroperillic acid, uroterpenol and limonene 1,2-diol are suggested to inhibit tumor growth through inhibition of p21-dependent signaling, induce apoptosis via the induction of the transforming growth factor beta-signaling pathway, inhibit post-translational modification of signal transduction proteins, result in G1 cell cycle arrest as well as cause differential expression of cell cycle- and apoptosis-related genes.

(Limonene, (+/-)-, NCI Thesaurus)