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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Inhalant | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| iNOS-Inhibitor | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Inotropic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Insect-Repellent | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Insecticide | 11 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Insectifuge | 26 | Bowers, W.S., Ortego, F., You, X., and Evans, P.H. Insect Repellents From The Chinese Prickly Ash Zanthoxylum bungeanum. Journal of Natural Products, 56(6): 935-938, 1993. |
| Insectiphile | 6 | Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986. |
| Insulin-Sparing | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Insulinogenic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Interferonogenic | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 124. |
| Interleukin-6-Inhibitor | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Iodothyronine-Deiodinase-Inhibitor | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Irritant | 21 | Duke, 1992 * |
| JNK-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Juvabional | 5 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Larvicide | 6 | Misra, L.N. and Singh, S.P. Alpha-Thujone, The Major Component Of The Essential Oil From Artemisia vulgaris Growing Wild In Nilgiri Hills. Journal of Natural Products, 49: 941, 1986. |
| Larvistat | 3 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Laxative | 3 | Martindale's 29th |
| Leucocytogenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Leukotriene-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |