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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
CITRONELLAL 20 Leaf Essent. Oil *
CITRONELLAL 20 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.
CITRONELLIC-ACID 0 Shoot 0.1 -0.23 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.
CITRONELLOL 15 Leaf Essent. Oil 136000.0 -0.40 *
CITRONELLOL 15 Shoot 0.1 -0.18 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.
CITRONELLYL-ACETATE 2 Shoot 0.1 -0.23 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.
CRYPTONE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 86000.0 167000.0 1.00 *
CUMINALDEHYDE 10 Leaf 25.0 135.0 0.27 *
CUMINALDEHYDE 10 Shoot 0.1 -0.33 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.
D-CATECHOL 0 Bark Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
D-CATECHOL 0 Wood Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
D-LINALOL 0 Leaf *
D-LINALOOL 0 Leaf Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
D-MYRTENAL 0 Leaf *
D-MYRTENOL 0 Leaf Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
D-VERBENONE 0 Leaf Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
DAUCOSTEROL 5 Wood 6.0 *
DELTA-CADINENE 9 Leaf Essent. Oil *
DIEPIPALUSTROL 0 Leaf Essent. Oil *
ELLAGIC-ACID 51 Bark *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiulcerogenic 1 (View) *
Antivaccinia 1 (View) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antivaricose 1 (View) *
Antiviral 24 (View) *
Antiwrinkle 1 (View) *
Antiyeast 2 (View) *
Anxiolytic 3 (View) *
Aphidifuge 3 (View) *
Apoptotic 11 (View) *
Aromatase-Inhibitor 6 (View) *
Arteriodilator 1 (View) 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 (View) 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 (View) Martindale's 29th
Ataxigenic 1 (View) 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 (View) Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Autotoxic 1 (View) *
Bacteriostatic 1 (View) Chin. J. Tuber. Respir. Dis.
Bacteristat 2 (View) Lamikanra, A., Ogundaini, A.O., and Ogungbamila*, F.O. Antibacterial Constituents of Alchornea cordifolia Leaves. Phytotherapy Research 4(5): 198.
Barbituate-Synergist 2 (View) *
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker 1 (View) 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.