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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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Cardioprotective 5 Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotonic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Carminative 3 Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994.
Caspase-3-Inducer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Caspase-3-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Caspase-9-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Catabolic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive 8 Duke, 1992 *
Cholagogue 3 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Choleretic 12 Duke, 1992 *
Cholesterolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cicatrizant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Circulotonic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Clastogenic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Active 2 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
CNS-Depressant 6 Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Stimulant 5 Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Toxic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.