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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CITRAL | 53 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| CITRIODORIN | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CITRONELLAL | 20 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CITRONELLAL | 20 | Leaf | 50.0 | 18020.0 | 2.64 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CITRONELLAL | 20 | Leaf Essent. Oil | 320000.0 | 851000.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CITRONELLAL | 20 | Shoot | not available | 563000.0 | 4.47 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CITRONELLIC-ACID | 0 | Shoot | not available | 47000.0 | 4.36 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CITRONELLOL | 15 | Leaf | 230.0 | 4000.0 | 2.24 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CITRONELLOL | 15 | Leaf Essent. Oil | 56000.0 | 517000.0 | 1.38 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CITRONELLOL | 15 | Shoot | not available | 78000.0 | 5.99 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CITRONELLOL-ACETATE | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | 14000.0 | 103000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CITRONELLOL-ACETATE | 0 | Shoot | not available | 114000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CITRONELLYL-ACETATE | 2 | Leaf | 20.0 | 130.0 | 1.00 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| CITRONELLYL-ACETATE | 2 | Shoot | not available | 1200.0 | 4.36 | 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. |
| CRYPTONE | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 3000.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CUMINALDEHYDE | 10 | Shoot | not available | 0.1 | -0.33 | 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. |
| ECALYPTIN | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ELLAGIC-ACID | 51 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Lowry, J. B. 1968. The Distribution and Potential Taxonomic Value of Alkylated Ellagic Acids. Phytochemistry 7 10: 1803-1813 |
| EO | 0 | Leaf | 5000.0 | 20000.0 | 0.74 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| EO | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antibronchitic | 3 | Martindale's 28th |
| Anticancer | 8 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Breast) | 1 | Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103. |
| Anticancer (Cervix) | 3 | Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987. |
| Anticancer (Colon) | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Esophagus) | 1 | Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY. |
| Anticancer (Forestomach) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Liver) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Lung) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Mouth) | 1 | Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY. |
| Anticancer (Pancreas) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Skin) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticapillary-Fragility | 1 | Merck 7th Ed. |
| Anticarcinogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticarcinomic | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Anticariogenic | 8 | Muroi, H. and Kubo, I. 1993. Combination Effects of Antibacterial Compounds in Green Tea Flavor against Streptococcus mutans. J. Agric. Food Chem. 41: 1102-1105. |
| Anticataract | 2 | Shimizu, M., Horie, S., Terashima, S., Ueno, H., et al. 1989. Studies on Aldose Reductase Inhibitors from Natural Products.II. Active Components of a Paraguayan Crude Drug 'Para-parai mi,' Phyllanthus niruri. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 37(9): 2531-2532, 1989. |
| Anticatarrh | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Anticholestatic | 1 | Shukla, B., Visen, P.K.S., Patnaik, G.K., Tripathi, S.C., Srimal, R.C., Dayal, R., and Dobhal, P.C. Hepatoprotective Activity in the Rat of Ursolic Acid Isolated from Eucalyptus Hybrid. Phytotherapy Research 6: 74-79, 1992. |
| Anticholinesterase | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |