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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
LEDOL 0 Shoot 0.1 -0.22 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.
LIMONENE 60 Essential Oil *
LIMONENE 60 Leaf 20.0 1420.0 1.05 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
LIMONENE 60 Leaf Essent. Oil 5000.0 -0.66 *
LIMONENE 60 Shoot 4000.0 1.71 *
LINALOL 0 Leaf 15.0 180.0 -0.34 *
LINALOOL 53 Leaf 15.0 180.0 -0.52 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
LINALOOL 53 Leaf Essent. Oil 3000.0 -0.68 *
LINALOOL 53 Shoot 3000.0 -0.11 *
LINALOOL-ACETATE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 2000.0 7500.0 -0.97 *
LINALOOL-OXIDE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 9000.0 -0.14 *
MENTHOL 63 Leaf Essent. Oil *
MYRCENE 22 Leaf 1.0 120.0 -0.13 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
MYRCENE 22 Leaf Essent. Oil *
MYRCENE 22 Shoot 0.1 -0.34 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.
MYRTENOL 2 Shoot 0.1 -0.25 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.
NEO-ISOPULEGOL 0 Leaf 20.0 680.0 -1.00 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
O-METHYLEUCALYPTIN 0 Leaf *
OXALIC-ACID 9 Bark *
P-CYMEN-8-OL 0 Shoot 0.1 -0.17 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.
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