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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
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Essential Oil *
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Leaf 50.0 3580.0 -0.07 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Leaf Essent. Oil 5000.0 32000.0 -0.72 *
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Shoot 20000.0 0.15 *
3,3'-DI-O-METHYL-ELLAGIC-ACID 0 Bark Lowry, J. B. 1968. The Distribution and Potential Taxonomic Value of Alkylated Ellagic Acids. Phytochemistry 7 10: 1803-1813
3-METHOXYAROMADENDRIN 0 Resin, Exudate, Sap *
3-O-METHYL-ELLAGIC-ACID 0 Bark Lowry, J. B. 1968. The Distribution and Potential Taxonomic Value of Alkylated Ellagic Acids. Phytochemistry 7 10: 1803-1813
5-HYDROXY-4',7-DIMETHOXY-6,8-DIMETHYLFLAVONE 0 Leaf *
7-METHOXYAROMADENDRIN 0 Resin, Exudate, Sap *
7-O-METHYLAROMADENDRIN 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
7-O-METHYLAROMADENDRIN 0 Root 668.0 *
ALLO-AROMADENDRENE 0 Shoot 0.1 -0.19 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.
ALPHA-FENCHYL-ALCOHOL 0 Shoot 0.1 -0.49 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.
ALPHA-HUMULENE 2 Leaf Essent. Oil 2000.0 -0.65 *
ALPHA-P-DIMETHYL-STYRENE 0 Shoot 0.1 -1.02 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.
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Leaf Essent. Oil 1000.0 -0.86 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 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.
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Essential Oil *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Leaf 5.0 380.0 -0.20 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Leaf Essent. Oil 2900.0 6000.0 -0.72 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antitumor (Colon) 4 *
Antitumor (Forestomach) 1 *
Antitumor (Liver) 2 *
Antitumor (Lung) 2 *
Antitumor (Ovary) 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 (Pancreas) 2 *
Antitumor (Prostate) 1 *
Antitumor (Skin) 2 *
Antitumor (Stomach) 2 *
Antitumor-Promoter 4 Cancer Research, 48: 5941.
Antitussive 2 *
Antiulcer 8 *
Antivaginitic 1 *
Antivaricose 1 *
Antiviral 14 *
Antivulvitic 1 *
Antiyeast 2 *
Apifuge 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Apoptotic 7 *
Aromatase-Inhibitor 1 *