Plant Eucalyptus citriodora (Myrtaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
LEDOL	0	Shoot	not available	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	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
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	not available	5000.0	-0.66	Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE	60	Shoot	not available	4000.0	1.71	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOL	0	Leaf	15.0	180.0	-0.34	Duke, 1992 *
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	not available	3000.0	-0.68	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL	53	Shoot	not available	3000.0	-0.11	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL-ACETATE	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	2000.0	7500.0	-0.97	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL-OXIDE	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	9000.0	-0.14	Duke, 1992 *
MENTHOL	63	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
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	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE	22	Shoot	not available	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	not available	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	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OXALIC-ACID	9	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMEN-8-OL	0	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.

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antitumor (Colon)	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Forestomach)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Liver)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung)	2	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Prostate)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Skin)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Stomach)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter	4	Cancer Research, 48: 5941.
Antitussive	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcer	8	Duke, 1992 *
Antivaginitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antivaricose	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral	14	Duke, 1992 *
Antivulvitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiyeast	2	Duke, 1992 *
Apifuge	1	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Apoptotic	7	Duke, 1992 *
Aromatase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *