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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
LEDOL 0 Shoot 0.1 -0.22 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.
LIMONENE 60 Essential Oil *
LIMONENE 60 Leaf 20.0 1420.0 1.05 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
LIMONENE 60 Leaf Essent. Oil 5000.0 -0.66 *
LIMONENE 60 Shoot 4000.0 1.71 *
LINALOL 0 Leaf 15.0 180.0 -0.34 *
LINALOOL 53 Leaf 15.0 180.0 -0.52 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
LINALOOL 53 Leaf Essent. Oil 3000.0 -0.68 *
LINALOOL 53 Shoot 3000.0 -0.11 *
LINALOOL-ACETATE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 2000.0 7500.0 -0.97 *
LINALOOL-OXIDE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 9000.0 -0.14 *
MENTHOL 63 Leaf Essent. Oil *
MYRCENE 22 Leaf 1.0 120.0 -0.13 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
MYRCENE 22 Leaf Essent. Oil *
MYRCENE 22 Shoot 0.1 -0.34 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.
MYRTENOL 2 Shoot 0.1 -0.25 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.
NEO-ISOPULEGOL 0 Leaf 20.0 680.0 -1.00 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
O-METHYLEUCALYPTIN 0 Leaf *
OXALIC-ACID 9 Bark *
P-CYMEN-8-OL 0 Shoot 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.
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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 *