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Plant Eucalyptus globulus (Myrtaceae)

Common Names
Blue Gum; Eucalypt; Tasmanian Bluegum
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
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRTENOL 2 Fruit Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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.
NARINGENIN 56 Stem Bark not available 0.5 not available Duke, 1992 *
OLEANOLIC-ACID 64 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Fruit 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.
P-CYMENE 16 Essential Oil not available 5000.0 -0.59 Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENE 16 Leaf not available not available not available Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
P-CYMENE 16 Leaf Essent. Oil 3400.0 146000.0 1.39 Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENE 16 Shoot not available 0.1 -0.50 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.
P-DIMETHYL-ALPHA-STYRENE 0 Shoot not available 3000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
P-MENTHANE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-METHOXY-CIS-CINNAMOYL-OLEANOLIC-ACID 0 Wood not available 2.7 not available Duke, 1992 *
P-METHOXY-CIS-CINNAMOYL-URSOLIC-ACID 0 Wood not available 3.3 not available Duke, 1992 *
P-METHOXY-TRANS-CINNAMOYL-URSOLIC-ACID 0 Wood not available 4.2 not available Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PARAFFIN 4 Leaf not available 20000.0 not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
PINENE 12 Leaf 1200.0 8400.0 1.36 Duke, 1992 *
PINOCARVEOL 0 Leaf 20.0 140.0 not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Anesthetic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Anhydrotic 1 Martindale's 29th
Ankylostomacide 1 Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Anthelmintic 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiacetylcholine 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Antiacetylcholinesterase 10 Duke, 1992 *
Antiacne 7 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
AntiADD 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiadenomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiadenoviral 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antiadenovirus 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194.
Antiaflatoxin 6 Duke, 1992 *
Antiaggregant 9 Duke, 1992 *
Antiaging 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiallergenic 2 Dorsch, W., Wagner, H. New Antiasthmatic Drugs from Traditional Medicine? Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 94: 262-265, 1991.
Antiallergic 12 J. Food Hyg. Soc. Jap. 33(6): 569.
Antialopecic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antialzheimeran 4 Ringbom, T., Seguar, L., Noreen, Y., Perera, P., Bohlin, L. 1998. Ursolic Acid from Plantago major, a Selective Inhibitor of Cyclooxygenase-2 Catalyzed Prostaglandin Biosynthesis. J. Nat. Prod., 61(10): 1212-1215.
Antialzheimeran? 3 Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Antiamnesic 1 Duke, 1992 *