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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
BETA-DIKETONE 0 Leaf Wax not available 560000.0 not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
BETA-ELEMENE 5 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.
BETA-EUDESMOL 13 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 13000.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-EUDESMOL 13 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
BETA-PHELLANDRENE 3 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PHELLANDRENE 3 Fruit Essent. Oil not available 34300.0 -0.64 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PHELLANDRENE 3 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 36000.0 2.05 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Essential Oil not available 2000.0 -0.69 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Fruit Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE 13 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.
BETA-PINENE 13 Leaf Essent. Oil 3900.0 5000.0 -0.78 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Shoot not available 7000.0 0.37 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-TERPINENE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-THUJONE 5 Fruit Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETULIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER 0 Wood not available 14.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
BORNEOL 35 Fruit Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BORNEOL 35 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 2000.0 -0.66 Duke, 1992 *
BORNEOL 35 Shoot not available 3000.0 2.50 Duke, 1992 *
BORNEOL-ACETATE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BUTYRALDEHYDE 2 Leaf not available not available not available Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiulcerogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antivaccinia 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antivaricose 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral 24 Duke, 1992 *
Antiwrinkle 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiyeast 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anxiolytic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Aphidifuge 3 Duke, 1992 *
Apoptotic 11 Duke, 1992 *
Aromatase-Inhibitor 6 Duke, 1992 *
Arteriodilator 1 Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Ascaricide 1 Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Astringent 2 Martindale's 29th
Ataxigenic 1 Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.
ATPase-Inhibitor 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Autotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Bacteriostatic 1 Chin. J. Tuber. Respir. Dis.
Bacteristat 2 Lamikanra, A., Ogundaini, A.O., and Ogungbamila*, F.O. Antibacterial Constituents of Alchornea cordifolia Leaves. Phytotherapy Research 4(5): 198.
Barbituate-Synergist 2 Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker 1 Zhu, M., Phillipson, J. D., Greengrass, P. M., Bowery, N. E., Cai, Y. 1997. Plant Polyphenols: Biologically Active Compounds or Non-Selective Binders to Protein? Phytochemistry, 44(3): 441-447.