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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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Chemical Name Sort descending Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
CITRONELLAL 20 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CITRONELLAL 20 Shoot not available 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 not available 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 not available 136000.0 -0.40 Duke, 1992 *
CITRONELLOL 15 Shoot not available 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 not available 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 Duke, 1992 *
CUMINALDEHYDE 10 Leaf 25.0 135.0 0.27 Duke, 1992 *
CUMINALDEHYDE 10 Shoot not available 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 not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
D-CATECHOL 0 Wood not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
D-LINALOL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
D-LINALOOL 0 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.
D-MYRTENAL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
D-MYRTENOL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
D-VERBENONE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
DAUCOSTEROL 5 Wood not available 6.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-CADINENE 9 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIEPIPALUSTROL 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ELLAGIC-ACID 51 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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Embryotoxic 3 (View Chemicals list for Embryotoxic) Duke, 1992 *
Emetic 3 (View Chemicals list for Emetic) Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Sep-97.
Emmenagogue 2 (View Chemicals list for Emmenagogue) 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 Chemicals list for Emollient) Martindale's 29th
Enterocontractant 2 (View Chemicals list for Enterocontractant) J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.
Enterorelaxant 1 (View Chemicals list for Enterorelaxant) J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.
Enterotoxic 1 (View Chemicals list for Enterotoxic) Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Estrogenic 6 (View Chemicals list for Estrogenic) Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 227.1999.
Estrogenic? 1 (View Chemicals list for Estrogenic?) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Expectorant 12 (View Chemicals list for Expectorant) Duke, 1992 *
FLavor 28 (View Chemicals list for FLavor) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Floral-Inhibitor 1 (View Chemicals list for Floral-Inhibitor) 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 Chemicals list for Fungicide) Duke, 1992 *
Fungiphilic 1 (View Chemicals list for Fungiphilic) J. Agric. Food Chem. 43: 2283.
Fungistat 3 (View Chemicals list for Fungistat) Duke, 1992 *
GABA-nergic 1 (View Chemicals list for GABA-nergic) Duke, 1992 *
Gastroirritant 1 (View Chemicals list for Gastroirritant) Martindale's 29th
Gastroprotective 3 (View Chemicals list for Gastroprotective) Duke, 1992 *
Glaucomagenic 1 (View Chemicals list for Glaucomagenic) Duke, 1992 *
Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor 2 (View Chemicals list for Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor) Duke, 1992 *