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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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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
P-CYMENE 16 Leaf 10.0 180.0 -0.25 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
P-CYMENE 16 Leaf Essent. Oil 1000.0 5800.0 -0.69 Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENE 16 Shoot not available 4000.0 2.67 Duke, 1992 *
P-MENTHANE-CIS-3,8-DIOL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-METHANE-CIS-3,8-DIOL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PIPERITONE 7 Shoot not available 0.1 -0.23 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.
ROSE-OXIDE 0 Shoot not available 10000.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN 87 Leaf not available 12500.0 -0.23 Duke, 1992 *
SAKURANETIN 4 Resin, Exudate, Sap not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SPATHULENOL 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 1000.0 -1.02 Duke, 1992 *
SPATHULENOL 0 Shoot not available 0.1 -0.44 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.
TANNIN 35 Leaf not available 11600.0 -1.21 Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN 35 Resin, Exudate, Sap not available 482000.0 1.41 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
TERPINEN-4-OL 23 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 1000.0 -0.54 Duke, 1992 *
TERPINEN-4-OL 23 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.
TERPINENE 0 Leaf 1.0 180.0 -1.00 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
TERPINOLENE 9 Leaf 5.0 160.0 -0.03 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
TERPINOLENE 9 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 3000.0 -0.50 Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-PINOCARVEOL 2 Shoot not available 85.0 -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.
TRITRIACONTAN-16,18-DIONE 0 Leaf Wax not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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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 *