Lemons are a beneficial citrus fruit often used in cooking, baking, and as a cleaning agent. Native to Northern India, China, and Myanmar, there is no record of them in Europe until the second century AD. Believed to offer many health benefits, we are asking today: Do lemons have quercetin?
Quick Answer: Yes – Lemons contain quercetin. Compared to other similar foods, its quercetin content is moderately high.
Quercetin Content of Lemons
Lemons contain 1.14 mg/100 of quercetin and large amounts of Vitamin C, B complex vitamins, and vitamin K.
Are Lemons High in Quercetin?
Compared to other foods, Lemons are pretty high in quercetin.
Let’s take a look at how it compares to 5 similar foods.
- Lemons are much higher in quercetin than tangerines which contain none.
- Lemons provide six times as much quercetin as navel oranges.
- The quercetin content of commercial juice oranges is 1/3 that of lemons.
- Limes offer 0.40 mg/100 of quercetin, 0.74 mg less than lemons.
- Lemons offer 3.5 times the amount of quercetin as pink grapefruit.
Sources:
EU Phenol-Explorer http://phenol-explorer.eu/contents/show/1/291/269
USDA Special Interest Databases on Flavonoids https://data.nal.usda.gov/dataset/usda-special-interest-databases-flavonoids_115
USDA Database for the Flavonoid Content of Selected Foods: https://www.ars.usda.gov/arsuserfiles/80400525/data/flav/flav_r03.pdf
Hey, I’m Joey. I’ve been cooking since I was a little kid and love everything about it. You can find my writing about food, kitchen appliances (such as blenders) and much more. Thanks for stopping by!
