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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
(+)-CATECHIN 30 Leaf *
(+)-LIMONENE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil *
(-)-ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil *
(-)-TRANS-PINOCARVEOL 0 Leaf J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Essential Oil 667000.0 1.91 *
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Fruit Essent. Oil 208100.0 725000.0 1.40 *
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Leaf 3500.0 33250.0 3.75 *
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Leaf Essent. Oil 168000.0 691200.0 1.53 *
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Shoot 728000.0 10.31 *
11,12-DEHYDROURSOLACTONE-ACETATE 0 Leaf Wax 10000.0 20000.0 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
16-HYDROXY-TRITRIACONTAN-18-ONE 0 Leaf 7.5 *
2,4,6-TRIMETHOXYPHENOL 1 Bark *
3'-O-GALLOYL-PROCYANIDIN-B2 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.
3'-O-GALLOYL-PRODELPHINIDIN 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.
3,3'-DI-O-GALLOYL-PRODELPHINIDIN 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.
3,4,5-TRIMETHOXYPHENOL 0 Bark *
3-BETA-23-DIHYDROXY-URS-12-EN-28-OIC-ACID 0 Wood 10.0 *
3-BETA-ACETOXY-11-ALPHA-METHOXY-URS-12-EN-28-OIC-ACID 0 Wood 5.0 *
3-ISOPROPYLIDEN-1-ACETYL-5-CYCLOPENTENE 0 Leaf Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
3-METHOXYAROMADENDRIN 0 Resin, Exudate, Sap *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiamyloid-Beta 1 (View) *
Antianaphylactic 6 (View) *
Antiandrogenic 3 (View) *
Antianginal 1 (View) *
Antiangiogenic 5 (View) *
Antianoxic 1 (View) Yamahara, J., Matsuda, H., Naitoh, Y., Fujimura, H., and Tamai, Y. 1990. Antianoxic Action and Active Constituents of Atractylodis Lanceae Rhizoma. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(7): 2033-2034, 1990.
Antiapoplectic 1 (View) *
Antiarrhythmic 6 (View) *
Antiarteriosclerotic 1 (View) *
Antiarthritic 5 (View) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiasthmatic 8 (View) *
Antiatherogenic 3 (View) *
Antiatherosclerotic 7 (View) *
Antibacillary 2 (View) *
Antibacterial 56 (View) Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994.
Antibiotic 1 (View) *
Antibronchitic 4 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticancer 13 (View) *
Anticancer (Cervix) 2 (View) Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Anticancer (Colon) 4 (View) *