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Common Names
Blue Gum; Eucalypt; Tasmanian Bluegum
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
| 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. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Embryotoxic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Emetic | 3 | Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Sep-97. |
| Emmenagogue | 2 | 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 | Martindale's 29th |
| Enterocontractant | 2 | J. Aromatherapy 4: 22. |
| Enterorelaxant | 1 | J. Aromatherapy 4: 22. |
| Enterotoxic | 1 | Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp. |
| Estrogenic | 6 | Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 227.1999. |
| Estrogenic? | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Expectorant | 12 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FLavor | 28 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Floral-Inhibitor | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Fungicide | 27 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Fungiphilic | 1 | J. Agric. Food Chem. 43: 2283. |
| Fungistat | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GABA-nergic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Gastroirritant | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Gastroprotective | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Glaucomagenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |