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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.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 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.
CALYPTOSIDE 1 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHENE 9 Essential Oil not available 9000.0 -0.42 Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHENE 9 Fruit Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHENE 9 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.
CAMPHENE 9 Leaf Essent. Oil 4000.0 5100.0 -0.70 Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHENE 9 Shoot not available 0.1 -0.13 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.
CAMPHOLENIC-ALDEHYDE 0 Shoot not available 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.
CAPROALDEHYDE 0 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.
CAPROIC-ACID 1 Fruit Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CARVONE 19 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.
CARYOPHYLLENE 31 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 167000.0 1.40 Duke, 1992 *
CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE 8 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 3000.0 -0.97 Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Bark not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Wood not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
CHRYSIN 60 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-TRANS-FARNESOL 0 Fruit Essent. Oil not available 99500.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CITRAL 53 Fruit Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CITRIODOROL 3 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CITRIODOROL 3 Resin, Exudate, Sap not available not available not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
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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 *