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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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 Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
CALYPTOSIDE 1 Leaf *
CAMPHENE 9 Essential Oil 9000.0 -0.42 *
CAMPHENE 9 Fruit Essent. Oil *
CAMPHENE 9 Leaf 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 *
CAMPHENE 9 Shoot 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 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 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 *
CARVONE 19 Leaf 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 167000.0 1.40 *
CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE 8 Leaf Essent. Oil 3000.0 -0.97 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Bark Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Wood Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
CHRYSIN 60 Leaf *
CIS-TRANS-FARNESOL 0 Fruit Essent. Oil 99500.0 *
CITRAL 53 Fruit Essent. Oil *
CITRIODOROL 3 Plant *
CITRIODOROL 3 Resin, Exudate, Sap CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antitumor (Bladder) 2 *
Antitumor (brain) 2 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 (Breast) 7 *
Antitumor (Cervix) 2 Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Antitumor (Colon) 10 *
Antitumor (Forestomach) 2 *
Antitumor (Kidney) 2 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 (Liver) 3 *
Antitumor (Lung) 5 *
Antitumor (Mouth) 1 *
Antitumor (Ovary) 3 *
Antitumor (Pancreas) 4 *
Antitumor (Prostate) 2 *
Antitumor (Skin) 8 *
Antitumor (Stomach) 5 *
Antitumor (Thyroid) 1 *
Antitumor-Promoter 11 Cancer Research, 48: 5941.
Antitumor-Promoter? 1 *
Antitussive 6 *
Antiulcer 15 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.