Plant Eucalyptus citriodora (Myrtaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
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 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antihyperlipoproteinaemic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihypertensive	2	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antihyperthyroid	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiinflammatory	18	Martindale's 28th
Antikeratotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilaryngitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileishmanic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukemic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antilipolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilisteria	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic?	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antilymphomic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antimalarial	6	Khalid, S.A., Farouk, A., Geary*, T.G., and Jensen, J.B. 1985. Potential Antimalarial Candidates From African Plants: An In Vitro Approach Using Plasmodium falciparum. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 15: 201-209, 1986.
Antimange	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimelanomic	3	New York Times, 3/28/95.
Antimetastatic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antimetastatic (Stomach)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimite	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimitotic	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.