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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
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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 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antifeedant | 10 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antifertility | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antifibrosarcomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiflu | 3 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 195. |
| Antigenotoxic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigingivitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiglaucomic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antigliomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiglutamaergic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigonadotrophic | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| AntiGTF | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihalitosic | 2 | American Health, 12(4): 17, 1993. |
| Antihelicobacter | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihematuric | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihemorrhoidal | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihepatotoxic | 4 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antiherpetic | 5 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antihistaminic | 5 | J. Food Hyg. Soc. Jap. 33(6): 569. |
| AntiHIV | 4 | Kashiwada, Y., et. al. 1998. Anti-AIDS Agents. 30. Anti-HIV Activity of Oleanolic Acid, Pomolic Acid, and Structurally Related Triterpenoids. J. Nat. Prod., 61 (9): 1090-1095. |
| Antihyperlipidemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |