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Plant Eucalyptus globulus (Myrtaceae)

Common Names
Blue Gum; Eucalypt; Tasmanian Bluegum
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
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.
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Mutagenic? 1 Duke, 1992 *
Mycobactericide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Myoprotective 1 Duke, 1992 *
Myorelaxant 11 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
NADH-Oxidase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Narcotic 2 Merck 11th Edition
Nematicide 16 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
NEP-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Nephrotoxic 2 Martindale's 29th
Neurogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Neurolytic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Neuroprotective 3 Duke, 1992 *
Neurotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor 5 Duke, 1992 *
NO-Genic 3 Duke, 1992 *
NO-Inhibitor 5 Duke, 1992 *
NO-Synthase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Nodulation-Signal 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 7 Hagerman, A.E. Tannin-Protein Interactions. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.19.
Oviposition-Stimulant 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.