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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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
URSOLIC-ACID 89 Leaf *
URSOLIC-ACID 89 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
URSOLIC-ACID 89 Root 67.0 1.00 *
VERBENONE 5 Shoot 0.1 -0.26 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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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Ubiquiot 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ulcerogenic 3 Phytotherapy Research, 4: 93.
Uterosedative 1 Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Varroacide 3 *
Vasodilator 2 *
Vasopressor 2 *
Vermicide 1 *
Vermifuge 1 *
Vibriocide 1 *
Vulnerary 2 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jan-91.
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor 2 Hatano, T., Yasuhara, T., Yoshihara, R., Agata, I., Noro, T., and Okuda, T. 1989. Effects of Interaction of Tannins with Co-existing Substances.VII. Inhibitory Effects of Tannins Related Polyphenols on Xanthine Oxidase. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(5): 1224-1229