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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Anticlastogen | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticolic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticomplement | 1 | Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. |
| Anticonvulsant | 4 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| AntiCVI | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidandruff | 1 | A.L.L. Hunting. Encyclopedia of Shampoo Ingredients. Micelle Press, Cranford NJ. 467 pp. |
| Antidementia | 1 | Bruneton, J. 1999. Pharmacognosy, Phytochemistry, Medicinal Plants. 2nd Ed. Lavoisier Publishing, Paris. 1119 pp. |
| Antidermatitic | 3 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antidiabetic | 2 | Jin, G-Z., Yamagata, Y., and Tomita, K.-i. 1989. Structure of Rutin Pentamethanol. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(2): 297-300, 1990. |
| Antidiarrheic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidysenteric | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidysmenorrheic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiEBV | 1 | Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp. |
| Antieczemic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antiedemic | 8 | Shimizu,*M., et al. 1990. Anti-inflammatory Constituents of Topically Applied Crude Drugs. IV.1) Constituents and Anti-inflammatory Effect of Paraguayan Crude Drug 'Alhucema' (Lavandula latifolia Vill.)2). Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(8): 2283-2284, 1990. |
| Antierythemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiescherichic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiesophagitic | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiestrogenic | 3 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antifatigue | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |