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Common Names
Lemon Eucalyptus; Lemon-Scented Gum; Spotted Gum; Citron-Scented Gum
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
| 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. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Deodorant | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Dermal | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Dermatitigenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Detoxicant | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Diaphoretic | 1 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
| Diuretic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Edemagenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Elastase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Embryotoxic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Emetic | 4 | Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253. |
| Enterocontractant | 1 | J. Aromatherapy 4: 22. |
| Enterorelaxant | 2 | J. Aromatherapy 4: 22. |
| Estrogenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Estrogenic? | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Expectorant | 10 | Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994. |
| Fatal | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Febrifuge | 1 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |
| FLavor | 28 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Fungicide | 19 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Fungiphilic | 1 | J. Agric. Food Chem. 43: 2283. |