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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Eucalyptus globulus (Myrtaceae)

Common Names
Blue Gum, Eucalypt, Tasmanian Bluegum
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Leaf Essent. Oil 29000.0 58000.0 0.31 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Shoot 0.1 -0.29 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-TERPINEOL ACETATE 0 Essential Oil *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL ACETATE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 20900.0 -0.52 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL ACETATE 0 Shoot 27000.0 1.00 *
ALPHA-TERPINYL-ACETATE 0 Shoot 570.0 -0.09 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-THUJENE 0 Shoot 0.1 -0.56 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-THUJONE 6 Fruit Essent. Oil *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL 32 Leaf 333.0 0.00 *
APIGENIN 101 Leaf *
AROMADENDRENE 3 Essential Oil *
AROMADENDRENE 3 Fruit Essent. Oil *
AROMADENDRENE 3 Leaf 50.0 350.0 -0.41 *
AROMADENDRENE 3 Leaf Essent. Oil 8600.0 268000.0 1.41 *
AROMADENDRENE 3 Shoot 20000.0 6.31 *
BENZALDEHYDE 24 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.
BETA-AMYRIN 9 Wood 9.0 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Shoot 0.1 -0.41 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.
BETA-CEDRENE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil *
BETA-CUBEBENE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 1000.0 -1.07 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
(-)-Chronotropic 2 (View) Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
(-)-Inotropic 2 (View) Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 3 (View) *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 3 (View) *
5-HT-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Abortifacient 4 (View) *
Acaricide 7 (View) *
ACE-Inhibitor 9 (View) *
AChE-Inhibitor 1 (View) Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 22 (View) *
Allelochemic 8 (View) *
Allelopathic 5 (View) *
Allergenic 22 (View) *
Alpha-Glucosidase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Analgesic 15 (View) *
Ancylostomicide 1 (View) Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Anemiagenic 1 (View) *