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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
CITRAL 53 Leaf Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
CITRIODORIN 0 Leaf *
CITRONELLAL 20 Essential Oil *
CITRONELLAL 20 Leaf 50.0 18020.0 2.64 *
CITRONELLAL 20 Leaf Essent. Oil 320000.0 851000.0 1.00 *
CITRONELLAL 20 Shoot 563000.0 4.47 *
CITRONELLIC-ACID 0 Shoot 47000.0 4.36 *
CITRONELLOL 15 Leaf 230.0 4000.0 2.24 *
CITRONELLOL 15 Leaf Essent. Oil 56000.0 517000.0 1.38 *
CITRONELLOL 15 Shoot 78000.0 5.99 *
CITRONELLOL-ACETATE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 14000.0 103000.0 *
CITRONELLOL-ACETATE 0 Shoot 114000.0 *
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 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 3000.0 -1.00 *
CUMINALDEHYDE 10 Shoot 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 *
ELLAGIC-ACID 51 Bark 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 *
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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 *