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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
BETA-DIKETONE 0 Leaf Wax 560000.0 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
BETA-ELEMENE 5 Shoot 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 13000.0 1.00 *
BETA-EUDESMOL 13 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
BETA-PHELLANDRENE 3 Essential Oil *
BETA-PHELLANDRENE 3 Fruit Essent. Oil 34300.0 -0.64 *
BETA-PHELLANDRENE 3 Leaf Essent. Oil 36000.0 2.05 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Essential Oil 2000.0 -0.69 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Fruit Essent. Oil *
BETA-PINENE 13 Leaf 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 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Shoot 7000.0 0.37 *
BETA-TERPINENE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil *
BETA-THUJONE 5 Fruit Essent. Oil *
BETULIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER 0 Wood 14.0 *
BORNEOL 35 Fruit Essent. Oil *
BORNEOL 35 Leaf Essent. Oil 2000.0 -0.66 *
BORNEOL 35 Shoot 3000.0 2.50 *
BORNEOL-ACETATE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil *
BUTYRALDEHYDE 2 Leaf Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Lipolytic 1 (View) *
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 8 (View) Oszmianski, J. and Lee, C.Y. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Phenolics on Carotene Bleaching in Vegetables. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38: 688-690.
Lubricant 2 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Lyase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
MAO-A-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
MAO-Inhibitor 3 (View) *
MAPK-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Mast-Cell-Stabilizer 1 (View) *
Metal-Chelator 3 (View) McEvily, A.J., Iyengar, R., and Gross, A.T. Inhibition of Polyphenol Oxidase by Phenolic Compounds. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.25.
Metal-Chelator (Copper) 1 (View) Seidel, V., Verholle, M., Malard, Y., Tillequin, F., Fruchart, J-C., Duriez, P., Bailleul, F., Teissier, E. 2000. Phenylpropanoids from Ballota nigra L. Inhibit in vitro LDL Peroxidation. Phytotherapy Research, 14(2): 93-98.
Metalloproteinase-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Metastatic 1 (View) Science News, 146: 421.
MMP-9-Inhibitor 3 (View) *
Molluscicide 1 (View) *
Mosquitocide 2 (View) *
Mosquitofuge 2 (View) *
Motor-Depressant 5 (View) Buchbauer et al, e.g.Buchbauer et al,1993.Therapeutic properties of essential oils and fragrances. Chap.12 in Teranishi,R, Buttery,R.G and Sugisawa,H. Eds. Bioactive Volatile Compounds from Plants. ACS Symposium Series 525. Amer. Chem. Soc., Washington DC
Mucotropic 1 (View) Schulz, V, Hansel, R and Tyler, VE. 1998. Rational Phytotherapy - A Physician's Guide to Herbal Medicine. 3rd ed. 1st English Edition. Translated by Terry C. Telger. Springer Verlag, Heidelberg. 306 pp.
Musculotropic 1 (View) Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Mutagenic 5 (View) *