Plant Eucalyptus citriodora (Myrtaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
LEDOL	0	Shoot	not available	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	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
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	not available	5000.0	-0.66	Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE	60	Shoot	not available	4000.0	1.71	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOL	0	Leaf	15.0	180.0	-0.34	Duke, 1992 *
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	not available	3000.0	-0.68	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL	53	Shoot	not available	3000.0	-0.11	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL-ACETATE	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	2000.0	7500.0	-0.97	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL-OXIDE	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	9000.0	-0.14	Duke, 1992 *
MENTHOL	63	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
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	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE	22	Shoot	not available	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	not available	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	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OXALIC-ACID	9	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMEN-8-OL	0	Shoot	not available	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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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antiacne	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiadenomic	2	Merck 11th Edition
Antiaflatoxin	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiaggregant	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiallergenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiallergic	7	J. Food Hyg. Soc. Jap. 33(6): 569.
Antialzheimeran	1	Ringbom, T., Seguar, L., Noreen, Y., Perera, P., Bohlin, L. 1998. Ursolic Acid from Plantago major, a Selective Inhibitor of Cyclooxygenase-2 Catalyzed Prostaglandin Biosynthesis. J. Nat. Prod., 61(10): 1212-1215.
Antialzheimeran?	1	Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Antianaphylactic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiandrogenic	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiapoplectic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarachidonate	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarrhythmic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic	1	Planta Medica, 57: A56, 1991.
Antiasthmatic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antiatherogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiatherosclerotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antibacillary	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antibacillus	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antibacterial	29	Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994.