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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Antiplatelet | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antipneumonic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiprogestational | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antiproliferant | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiproliferative | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiprostaglandin | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiprostatadenomic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Antiprostatitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiprotozoal | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antipruritic | 1 | Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994. |
| Antipurpuric | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antipyretic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiradicular | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antirenitic | 1 | Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990. |
| Antirheumatalgic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antirheumatic | 2 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antirhinitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antisalmonella | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiseptic | 21 | Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176) |
| Antiserotonin | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |