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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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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
BETA-PINENE 13 Leaf 20.0 300.0 0.01 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
BETA-PINENE 13 Leaf Essent. Oil 11600.0 17000.0 -0.21 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Shoot 17000.0 1.07 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Leaf *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Root 17.0 -0.28 *
BETULINIC-ACID 22 Leaf *
BETULINIC-ACID 22 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
BETULINIC-ACID 22 Root 167.0 -0.33 *
BICYCLOGERMACRENE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 10000.0 *
BORNEOL 35 Leaf Essent. Oil 1000.0 -0.67 *
BORNEOL 35 Shoot 0.1 -0.40 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.
CAMPHENE 9 Leaf 1.0 20.0 -0.19 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
CAMPHENE 9 Leaf Essent. Oil *
CAMPHENE 9 Shoot 0.1 -0.13 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.
CAMPHOLENIC-ALDEHYDE 0 Shoot 0.1 -0.31 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.
CARVONE 19 Leaf Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
CARYOPHYLLENE 31 Leaf 15.0 780.0 -0.23 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
CARYOPHYLLENE 31 Leaf Essent. Oil 28000.0 -0.89 *
CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE 8 Leaf Essent. Oil 1000.0 -1.34 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antishock 2 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antisinusitic 2 Martindale's 28th
Antispasmodic 17 Fitoterapia No.59-1984.
Antistaphylococcic 10 *
Antistreptococcic 5 *
Antisunburn 1 *
Antitartar 1 *
AntiTGF-beta 1 *
Antithrombic 1 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Antithrombogenic 1 *
Antithromboxane 2 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jul-87.
Antithyroid 2 Jim Duke's personal files.
AntiTNF 1 *
Antitrypanosomic 2 Planta Medica, 57: A44, 1991.
Antitubercular 1 *
Antituberculic 1 *
Antitumor 14 Zheng, G-Q., Kenney, P.M., and Lam, L.K.T. Sesquiterpenes From Clove (Eugenia caryophyllata) As Potential Anticarcinogenic Agents. Journal of Natural Products 55(7): 999-1003, 1992.
Antitumor (brain) 1 Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46.
Antitumor (Breast) 3 *
Antitumor (Cervix) 3 *