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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
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Leaf Essent. Oil 29000.0 58000.0 0.31 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Shoot 0.1 -0.29 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.
ALPHA-TERPINEOL ACETATE 0 Essential Oil *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL ACETATE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 20900.0 -0.52 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL ACETATE 0 Shoot 27000.0 1.00 *
ALPHA-TERPINYL-ACETATE 0 Shoot 570.0 -0.09 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.
ALPHA-THUJENE 0 Shoot 0.1 -0.56 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.
ALPHA-THUJONE 6 Fruit Essent. Oil *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL 32 Leaf 333.0 0.00 *
APIGENIN 101 Leaf *
AROMADENDRENE 3 Essential Oil *
AROMADENDRENE 3 Fruit Essent. Oil *
AROMADENDRENE 3 Leaf 50.0 350.0 -0.41 *
AROMADENDRENE 3 Leaf Essent. Oil 8600.0 268000.0 1.41 *
AROMADENDRENE 3 Shoot 20000.0 6.31 *
BENZALDEHYDE 24 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.
BETA-AMYRIN 9 Wood 9.0 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Shoot 0.1 -0.41 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-CEDRENE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil *
BETA-CUBEBENE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 1000.0 -1.07 *
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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) *