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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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
(+)-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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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Hyaluronidase-Inhibitor 2 *
Hydrocholerectic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypercholesterolemic 2 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
Hypertensive 1 *
Hypnotic 2 Martindale's 29th
Hypocalcemic 1 Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Hypocholesterolemic 4 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
Hypocholesterolemic? 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypoglycemic 6 *
Hypolipemic 1 *
Hypolipidemic 1 *
Hypotensive 10 *
Hypothermic 2 *
Hypouricemic 1 *
ICAM-1-Inhibitor 3 *
IKK-Inhibitor 2 *
Immunomodulator 7 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Immunostimulant 8 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 124.
Immunosuppressant 1 *
Inflammatory 1 *