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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Eucalyptus citriodora (Myrtaceae)

Common Names
Lemon Eucalyptus, Lemon-Scented Gum, Spotted Gum, Citron-Scented Gum
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
BETA-PINENE 13 Leaf 20.0 300.0 0.01 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
BETA-PINENE 13 Leaf Essent. Oil 11600.0 17000.0 -0.21 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Shoot 17000.0 1.07 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Leaf *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Root 17.0 -0.28 *
BETULINIC-ACID 22 Leaf *
BETULINIC-ACID 22 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
BETULINIC-ACID 22 Root 167.0 -0.33 *
BICYCLOGERMACRENE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 10000.0 *
BORNEOL 35 Leaf Essent. Oil 1000.0 -0.67 *
BORNEOL 35 Shoot 0.1 -0.40 Zrira, S. S., Benjilali, B. B., Fechtal, M. M., & Richard, H. H. 1991. Essential Oils of Twenty-seven Eucalyptus Species Grown in Morocco. Journal of Essential Oil Res. 4: 259-264.
CAMPHENE 9 Leaf 1.0 20.0 -0.19 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
CAMPHENE 9 Leaf Essent. Oil *
CAMPHENE 9 Shoot 0.1 -0.13 Zrira, S. S., Benjilali, B. B., Fechtal, M. M., & Richard, H. H. 1991. Essential Oils of Twenty-seven Eucalyptus Species Grown in Morocco. Journal of Essential Oil Res. 4: 259-264.
CAMPHOLENIC-ALDEHYDE 0 Shoot 0.1 -0.31 Zrira, S. S., Benjilali, B. B., Fechtal, M. M., & Richard, H. H. 1991. Essential Oils of Twenty-seven Eucalyptus Species Grown in Morocco. Journal of Essential Oil Res. 4: 259-264.
CARVONE 19 Leaf Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
CARYOPHYLLENE 31 Leaf 15.0 780.0 -0.23 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
CARYOPHYLLENE 31 Leaf Essent. Oil 28000.0 -0.89 *
CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE 8 Leaf Essent. Oil 1000.0 -1.34 *
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