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D-Limonene
Also known as: (r)-(+)-limonene, (+)-limonene, 5989-27-5, (d)-limonene, (+)-(4r)-limonene, (+)-carvene
Molecular Formula
C10H16
Molecular Weight
136.23  g/mol
InChI Key
XMGQYMWWDOXHJM-JTQLQIEISA-N
FDA UNII
GFD7C86Q1W

A naturally-occurring class of MONOTERPENES which occur as a clear colorless liquid at room temperature. Limonene is the major component in the oil of oranges which has many uses, including as flavor and fragrance. It is recognized as safe in food by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
1 2D Structure

D-Limonene

2 Identification
2.1 Computed Descriptors
2.1.1 IUPAC Name
(4R)-1-methyl-4-prop-1-en-2-ylcyclohexene
2.1.2 InChI
InChI=1S/C10H16/c1-8(2)10-6-4-9(3)5-7-10/h4,10H,1,5-7H2,2-3H3/t10-/m0/s1
2.1.3 InChI Key
XMGQYMWWDOXHJM-JTQLQIEISA-N
2.1.4 Canonical SMILES
CC1=CCC(CC1)C(=C)C
2.1.5 Isomeric SMILES
CC1=CC[C@@H](CC1)C(=C)C
2.2 Other Identifiers
2.2.1 UNII
GFD7C86Q1W
2.3 Synonyms
2.3.1 MeSH Synonyms

1. (+)-(r)-4-isopropenyl-1-methylcyclohexene

2. (+)-limonene

3. (-)-limonene

4. (4r)-1-methyl-4-(1-methylethenyl)cyclohexene

5. (4s)-1-methyl-4-isopropenylcyclohex-1-ene

6. (d)-limonene

7. (r)-(+)-limonene

8. (r)-4-isopropenyl-1-methylcyclohexene

9. 1-methyl-4-(1-methylethenyl)cyclohexene

10. 4 Mentha 1,8 Diene

11. 4-mentha-1,8-diene

12. Aisa 5203-l (+)limonene

13. Cyclohexene, 1-methyl-4-(1-methylethenyl)-, (4r)-

14. D Limonene

15. Dipentene

16. Limonene

17. Limonene, (+)-

18. Limonene, (+-)-

19. Limonene, (+-)-isomer

20. Limonene, (r)-isomer

21. Limonene, (s)-isomer

2.3.2 Depositor-Supplied Synonyms

1. (r)-(+)-limonene

2. (+)-limonene

3. 5989-27-5

4. (d)-limonene

5. (+)-(4r)-limonene

6. (+)-carvene

7. (4r)-limonene

8. D-(+)-limonene

9. (r)-limonene

10. Limonene, D-

11. (+)-dipentene

12. (r)-p-mentha-1,8-diene

13. Citrene

14. (+)-p-mentha-1,8-diene

15. D-limonen

16. Limonene, (+)-

17. (r)-4-isopropenyl-1-methyl-1-cyclohexene

18. Cyclohexene, 1-methyl-4-(1-methylethenyl)-, (4r)-

19. (+)-r-limonene

20. Fema No. 2633

21. D-p-mentha-1,8-diene

22. (+)-4-isopropenyl-1-methylcyclohexene

23. R-(+)-limonene

24. (4r)-4-isopropenyl-1-methylcyclohexene

25. (r)-(+)-p-mentha-1,8-diene

26. (r)-1-methyl-4-(1-methylethenyl)cyclohexene

27. (+)-(r)-limonene

28. D-limonene [jan]

29. (r)-1-methyl-4-(prop-1-en-2-yl)cyclohex-1-ene

30. (4r)-1-methyl-4-prop-1-en-2-ylcyclohexene

31. (4r)-1-methyl-4-(1-methylethenyl)cyclohexene

32. Mfcd00062991

33. Gfd7c86q1w

34. (4r)-1-methyl-4-(prop-1-en-2-yl)cyclohex-1-ene

35. 4betah-p-mentha-1,8-diene

36. Chebi:15382

37. (+) Limonene

38. Nsc-757069

39. Carvene

40. Glidesafe

41. Glidsafe

42. Kautschiin

43. Refchole

44. (4r)-1-methyl-4-isopropenylcyclohex-1-ene

45. Orange X

46. Biogenic Se 374

47. (+)-alpha-limonene

48. D-limonene (natural)

49. D-limoneno [spanish]

50. D Limonene

51. D-limoneno

52. Hemo-sol

53. (4r)-(+)-limonene

54. Cyclohexene, 1-methyl-4-(1-methylethenyl)-, (r)-

55. (4r)-4-isopropenyl-1-methyl-cyclohexene

56. Citrus Stripper Oil

57. Ccris 671

58. Ec 7

59. Hsdb 4186

60. D-1,8-p-menthadiene

61. Nci-c55572

62. Einecs 227-813-5

63. Unii-gfd7c86q1w

64. P-mentha-1,8-diene, (r)-(+)-

65. Sulfate Turpentine, Distilled

66. (+)-1,8-para-menthadiene

67. Dextro-limonene

68. Ai3-15191

69. 1-methyl-4-(1-methylethenyl)cyclohexene, (r)-

70. Einecs 266-034-5

71. (r)-4-isopropenyl-1-methylcyclohexene

72. Dipentene No. 122

73. (+)-(r)-4-isopropenyl-1-methylcyclohexene

74. D-limonene Reagent Grade

75. Dsstox_cid_778

76. D-limonene [iarc]

77. Ec 227-813-5

78. Dsstox_rid_75785

79. Orange Oil Distillate

80. (+)-limonene, Stabilized With 0.03% Tocopherol

81. Dsstox_gsid_20778

82. (d)-limonene [hsdb]

83. (+)-limonene [fcc]

84. Chembl449062

85. Cyclohexene, 1-methyl-4-(1-methylethenyl)-, (theta)-

86. Dtxsid1020778

87. (r)-(+)-limonene, 95%

88. (r)-(+)-limonene, 97%

89. Zinc967513

90. Cs-m3273

91. (r)-(+)-limonene, >=93%

92. Tox21_200400

93. Limonene, (+)- [who-dd]

94. Akos015899935

95. Ccg-266134

96. Db08921

97. Lmpr0102090013

98. Nsc 757069

99. (r)-(+)-limonene, Analytical Standard

100. Ncgc00248591-01

101. Ncgc00248591-02

102. Ncgc00257954-01

103. Bs-22387

104. Cas-5989-27-5

105. (r)-(+)-4-isopropenyl-1-methylcyclohexene

106. L0047

107. L0105

108. (r)-limonene 2000 Microg/ml In Acetonitrile

109. C06099

110. D91245

111. (4r)-1-methyl-4-(prop-1-en-2-yl)cyclohexene

112. J-502148

113. W-105295

114. Q27888324

115. (r)-(+)-limonene, Primary Pharmaceutical Reference Standard

116. (r)-(+)-limonene, Purum, >=96.0% (sum Of Enantiomers, Gc)

117. (r)-(+)-limonene, Technical, ~90% (sum Of Enantiomers, Gc)

118. 68647-72-3

2.4 Create Date
2004-09-16
3 Chemical and Physical Properties
Molecular Weight 136.23 g/mol
Molecular Formula C10H16
XLogP33.4
Hydrogen Bond Donor Count0
Hydrogen Bond Acceptor Count0
Rotatable Bond Count1
Exact Mass136.125200510 g/mol
Monoisotopic Mass136.125200510 g/mol
Topological Polar Surface Area0 Ų
Heavy Atom Count10
Formal Charge0
Complexity163
Isotope Atom Count0
Defined Atom Stereocenter Count1
Undefined Atom Stereocenter Count0
Defined Bond Stereocenter Count0
Undefined Bond Stereocenter Count0
Covalently Bonded Unit Count1
4 Drug and Medication Information
4.1 Therapeutic Uses

Being a solvent of cholesterol, d-limonene has been used clinically to dissolve cholesterol-containing gallstones. Because of its gastric acid neutralizing effect and its support of normal peristalsis, it has also been used for relief of heartburn and gastroesophageal reflux (GERD). D-limonene has well-established chemopreventive activity against many types of cancer. Evidence from a phase I clinical trial demonstrated a partial response in a patient with breast cancer and stable disease for more than six months in three patients with colorectal cancer.

PMID:18072821 Sun J; Altern Med Rev 12 (3): 259-64 (2007)


4.2 Drug Warning

d-Limonene infused directly into the bile system of human volunteers to dissolve gallstones caused pain in the upper abdomen, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea, as well as increases in serum aminotransferases and alkaline phosphatase. The oral administration of 20 g d-limonene to volunteers resulted in diarrhea, painful constrictions, and proteinuria, but no biochemical changes (total protein, bilirubin, cholesterol, aspartate aminotransferase, alanine aminotransferase, alkaline phosphatase) in the liver.

International Programme on Chemical Safety; Concise International Chemical Assessment Documents Number 5: Limonene p.14 (1998). Available from, as of February 3, 2006: https://www.inchem.org/pages/cicads.html


d-Limonene was a safe and effective gallstone solubilizer in animals and humans; side effects in humans were reported to be pain and tenderness radiating from the upper abdomen to the anterior chest, nausea and vomiting, and diarrhea.

Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives; WHO Food Additives Series 30: Limonene (1993). Available from, as of February 3, 2006: https://www.inchem.org/documents/jecfa/jecmono/v30je05.htm


5 Pharmacology and Biochemistry
5.1 Absorption, Distribution and Excretion

The fate of dermally applied [(14)C]d-limonene was evaluated in humans and Long-Evans rats. In rats, 5 mg/kg body weight of [(14)C]d-limonene applied dermally to the shaved back under occlusion, resulted in the absorption of approximately 12% of the dose. The absorbed d-limonene was completely metabolized and excreted rapidly, primarily from the urine (80%) with a small fraction (20%) excreted in the feces. There was no long-term retention of the test material in body tissues. In humans, following dermal application of 12 mg of [(14)C]d-limonene in ethanol (1 mL) to the back under nonocclusive conditions (for 1 h after application to allow the material to dry, thereafter under occlusion), only 0.16% of the dose was absorbed and the radioactivity was recovered from the urine. Radioactivity in human feces was below the limit of detection. These results indicate that under conditions of simulated use of fragrances and cosmetics, d-limonene has a low potential for dermal absorption and tissue accumulation, and the d-limonene that is absorbed is rapidly excreted in the urine. Based upon these findings and the knowledge that d-limonene possesses a low-systemic toxicity profile, it is reasonable to conclude that dermal exposure to d-limonene from fragrance and cosmetic applications is highly unlikely to result in any clinically significant human toxicity.

PMID:23493903 Api AM et al; Int J Toxicol 32 (2): 130-5 (2013)


After oral administration of (14)C-labeled d-limonene to animals and humans, 75-95 and <10% of the radioactivity was excreted in the urine and feces respectively within 2-3 days.

PMID:969565 Kodama R et al; Xenobiotica 6 (6): 377 (1976)


The toxicokinetics of d-limonene were studied in human volunteers exposed by inhalation (2 hr, work load 50 W) in an exposure chamber on three different occasions. The exposure concentrations were approximately 10, 225, and 450 mg/cu m d-limonene. The relative pulmonary uptake was high, approximately 70% of the amount supplied. The blood clearance of d-limonene observed in this study, 1.1 L/kg/hr, indicates that d-limonene is metabolized readily. About 1% of the total uptake was eliminated unchanged in the expired air after the end of exposure, while approximately 0.003% was eliminated in the urine. A long half-time in blood was observed in the slow elimination phase, which indicates accumulation in adipose tissues.

PMID:8421324 Falk-Filipsson A et al; J Toxicol Environ Health 38 (1): 77-88 (1993)


Orally administered d-limonene is rapidly and almost completely taken up from the gastrointestinal tract in humans as well as in animals. Infusion of labelled d-limonene into the common bile duct of volunteers revealed that the chemical was very poorly absorbed from the biliary system.

International Programme on Chemical Safety; Concise International Chemical Assessment Documents Number 5: Limonene p.11 (1998). Available from, as of February 3, 2006: https://www.inchem.org/pages/cicads.html


For more Absorption, Distribution and Excretion (Complete) data for (D)-LIMONENE (10 total), please visit the HSDB record page.


5.2 Metabolism/Metabolites

Incubation of d-limonene with rat liver microsomes produced d-limonene-1,2-diol and d-limonene-8,9-diol as metabolites and d-limonene-1,2-epoxide and d-limonene-8,9-epoxide were identified as intermediates.

PMID:6992785 Watabe T et al; Biochem Pharmacol 29 (7): 1068 (1980)


After oral administration of (14)C-labeled d-limonene, 5 new metabolites were isolated from dog and rat urine: 2-hydroxy-p-menth-8-en-7-oic acid, perillylglycine, perillyl-beta-d-glucopyranosiduronic acid, p-mentha-1,8-dien-6-ol, and probably p-menth-1-ene-6,8,9-triol.

PMID:969565 Kodama R et al; Xenobiotica 6 (6): 377 (1976)


The major metabolite of d-limonene in urine was perillic acid 8,9-diol in rats and rabbits, perillyl-beta-d-glucopyranosiduronic acid in hamsters, p-menth-1-ene-8,9-diol in dogs, and 8-hydroxy-p-menth-1-ene-9-yl-beta-d-glucopyranosiduronic acid in guinea pigs and man.

PMID:969565 Kodama R et al; Xenobiotica 6 (6): 377 (1976)


Adult male and female Sprague Dawley rats were given single oral doses of 0, 0.1, 0.3, 1, or 3 mmol d-limonene/kg (0, 14, 41, 136, or 409 mg/kg) in corn oil. Gel filtration HPLC indicated that d-limonene in male rat kidney is associated with a protein fraction having a mol wt of approximately 20000. Using reverse phase HPLC, d-limonene was shown to be associated with alpha-2u-globulin which was identified by amino acid sequencing. The major metabolite associated with alpha-2u-globulin was d-limonene-1,2-oxide. Parent d-limonene was also identified as a minor component in the alpha-2u-globulin fraction.

PMID:2472019 Lehman-McKeeman LD et al; Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 99 (2): 250-9 (1989)


For more Metabolism/Metabolites (Complete) data for (D)-LIMONENE (8 total), please visit the HSDB record page.


(+)-limonene has known human metabolites that include Carveol and Limonen-10-ol.

S73 | METXBIODB | Metabolite Reaction Database from BioTransformer | DOI:10.5281/zenodo.4056560


5.3 Biological Half-Life

75-95% excreted within 2-3 days; [AIHA]

AIHA - Workplace Environmental Exposure Level Guides, Complete Set and Update Set. Fairfax, VA: AIHA, 2008.


Following the inhalation exposure of volunteers to d-limonene at 450 mg/cu m for 2 hours, three phases of elimination were observed in the blood, with half-lives of about 3, 33, and 750 minutes, respectively. ...

International Programme on Chemical Safety; Concise International Chemical Assessment Documents Number 5: Limonene p.11 (1998). Available from, as of February 3, 2006: https://www.inchem.org/pages/cicads.html


5.4 Mechanism of Action

The sequence of events /in the spontaneously occurring nephropathy in mature male rats/ appears to be that: (1) protein accumulates in the lysosomes in the cytoplasm of epithelial cells of the P2 segment of the proximal convoluted tubules in the kidney cortex; (2) the accumulated material becomes so abundant that it crystallizes, forming the microscopically visible hyaline droplets; (3) the continued build-up of material eventually leads to the death of epithelial cells with a concomitant thinning of the epithelial layer (although some regeneration is usually seen); and (4) the dead cell debris becomes lodged in the outer strip of the outer medulla where the tubules narrow, forming granular casts and causing tubule dilation with pressure necrosis of the cells of the tubule walls. There is also an increase in the relative weight of the kidneys accompanying this phenomenon. ...Agents ...that appear to exacerbate this hyaline droplet formation and its consequences in mature male rats /include/ ...d-limonene.

Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives; WHO Food Additives Series 30: Limonene (1993). Available from, as of February 3, 2006: https://www.inchem.org/documents/jecfa/jecmono/v30je05.htm


The mechanism by which d-limonene causes alpha2u-globulin accumulation in the male rat kidney has been elucidated. The prerequisite step in the development of the nephropathy is the binding to alpha2u-globulin of an agent, which in the case of d-limonene is the 1,2-epoxide. This binding is specific for alpha2u-globulin and reversible, with a binding affinity (Kd) of approximately 5.6X10-7 mol/L. Binding of this ligand to alpha2u-globulin reduces the rate of its lysosomal degradation relative to that of native protein, thereby causing it to accumulate. Lysosomal cathepsin activity towards other protein substrates is not altered. Whereas accumulation of alpha2u-globulin can be observed after a single oral dose of d-limonene, continued treatment results in additional histological changes in the kidney. Phagolysosomes become enlarged, engorged with protein and show polyangular crystalloid inclusions. After 3-4 weeks of dosing, progressive renal injury, characterized by single-cell degeneration and necrosis in the P2 segment of the renal proximal tubule, is noted. Dead cells are sloughed into the lumen of the nephron, contributing to the development of granular casts at the cortico-medullary junction. Renal functional perturbations, including reduced uptake of organic anions, cations and amino acids and mild proteinuria resulting from a large increase in the amount of alpha2u-globulin excreted in urine, are observed. These functional changes occur only in male rats and only at doses that exacerbate the protein droplet formation. In response to the cell death and functional changes, there is a compensatory increase in cell proliferation in the kidney, most notably in the P2 segment of the proximal tubules, the site of protein accumulation. With continued treatment, the cell proliferation persists, but it does not restore renal function. The increase in cell proliferation is linked to the development of renal tubular tumors. alpha2u-Globulin nephropathy and renal-cell proliferation occur at doses consistent with those that produce renal tubular tumors.

IARC. Monographs on the Evaluation of the Carcinogenic Risk of Chemicals to Humans. Geneva: World Health Organization, International Agency for Research on Cancer, 1972-PRESENT. (Multivolume work). Available at: https://monographs.iarc.fr/ENG/Classification/index.php, p. V73 319 (1999)


In the male rat, the production of renal tumors by chemicals inducing alpha2u-globulin accumulation (CIGA) is preceded by the renal lesions ascribed to alpha2u-globulin-associated nephropathy. The involvement of hyaline droplet accumulation in the early nephrotoxicity associated with CIGA is a major difference from the sequence seen for classical carcinogens. The pathologic changes that precede the proliferative sequence for classical renal carcinogens also include a form of early nephrotoxicity, but no apparent hyaline droplet accumulation. Investigations performed in multiple laboratories ... have demonstrated a consistent association between hyaline droplets containing alpha2u-globulin and production of certain lesions in the male rat kidney. These renal lesions are not found in mice, female rats, or other laboratory species tested. The histopathological sequence in the male rat consists of the following: (1) an excessive accumulation of hyaline droplets containing alpha2u-globulin in renal proximal tubules; (2) subsequent cytotoxicity and single-cell necrosis of the tubule epithelium; (3) sustained regenerative tubule cell proliferation, providing exposure continues; (4) development of intralumenal granular casts from sloughed cell debris associated with tubule dilation, and papillary mineralization; (5) foci of tubule hyperplasia in the convoluted proximal tubules; and finally, (6) renal tubule tumors. Biochemical studies with model compounds show that CIGA or their metabolites bind specifically. but reversibly, to male rat alpha2u-globulin. The resulting alpha2u-globulin-CIGA complex appears to be more resistant to hydrolytic degradation by lysosomal enzyemes than native, unbound alpha2u-globulin. Inhibition of the catabolism of alpha2u-globulin, a protein only slowly hydrolyzed by renal lysosomal enzymes under normal physiological conditions, provides a plausible basis for the initial stage of protein overload in the nephropathy sequence.

EPA Risk Assessment Forum; Alpha2u-Globulin: Association with Chemically Induced Renal TOxicity and Neoplasia in the Male Rat. US Environmenal Protection Agency (1991) EPA/625/3-91/019F


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