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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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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
PINOCARVONE 1 Leaf *
PIPERITONE 7 Fruit Essent. Oil *
PIPERITONE 7 Shoot 1000.0 -0.03 *
PROANTHOCYANIDIN 0 Leaf *
PRODELPHINIDIN-B5 0 Leaf Takechi, M., Tanaka, Y., Takehara, M., Nonaka, G. I., Nishioka, I. 1985. Structure and Antiherpetic Activity Among the Tannins. Phytochemistry 24 10: 2245-2250.
PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID 43 Leaf Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
QUERCETIN 176 Leaf *
QUERCETIN 176 Stem Bark 0.3 *
QUERCETOL 1 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
QUERCETOL-3-GLUCOSIDE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
QUERCETRIN 0 Leaf Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
QUERCITRIN 44 Leaf *
QUERCITRIN 44 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
RHAMNAZIN 0 Stem Bark 0.1 *
RHAMNETIN 18 Stem Bark 3.5 *
RUTIN 87 Leaf 0.0 -1.00 *
SABINENE 5 Fruit Essent. Oil *
SAKURANETIN 4 Resin, Exudate, Sap *
SCYLLITOL 0 Leaf *
SIDEROXYLIN 0 Leaf *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Embryotoxic 3 (View) *
Emetic 3 (View) Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Sep-97.
Emmenagogue 2 (View) Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Emollient 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Enterocontractant 2 (View) J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.
Enterorelaxant 1 (View) J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.
Enterotoxic 1 (View) Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Estrogenic 6 (View) Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 227.1999.
Estrogenic? 1 (View) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Expectorant 12 (View) *
FLavor 28 (View) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Floral-Inhibitor 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Fungicide 27 (View) *
Fungiphilic 1 (View) J. Agric. Food Chem. 43: 2283.
Fungistat 3 (View) *
GABA-nergic 1 (View) *
Gastroirritant 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Gastroprotective 3 (View) *
Glaucomagenic 1 (View) *
Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor 2 (View) *