Medical Toxicology of Natural Substances
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Barceloux, Donald G.
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Article
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2008
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John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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Both the d -and l -isomers of limonene and the racemic mixture (dipentene) occur naturally. In Florida in the early 1940s, d -limonene was discovered as a by -product of citrus molasses production. 1 Since the 1980s, dlimonene has been an alternative to chlorinated hydrocarbon solvents and degreasin