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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
GLOBULOL 0 Shoot 13000.0 5.00 *
GURJUNENE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil *
HYPEROSIDE 30 Leaf *
I-TERPINEOL 0 Leaf Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
ISOAMYL-ALCOHOL 3 Fruit Essent. Oil *
ISOAMYL-ALCOHOL 3 Leaf Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
ISOAMYL-ISOVALERATE 0 Shoot 0.1 -0.48 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.
ISOBUTYL-VALERATE 0 Shoot 0.1 -0.52 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.
ISOFENCHONE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 3800.0 *
ISOPROPYLHEXANE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil *
ISOPULEGOLE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 2000.0 -1.00 *
ISOQUERCITRIN 22 Leaf *
LEDOL 0 Leaf Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
LEDOL 0 Leaf Essent. Oil *
LEDOL 0 Shoot 2000.0 5.98 *
LIMONENE 60 Leaf Essent. Oil 31000.0 52000.0 -0.45 *
LIMONENE 60 Shoot 0.1 -0.33 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.
LINALOOL 53 Leaf Essent. Oil 2000.0 -0.68 *
LINALOOL 53 Shoot 2000.0 -0.15 *
LINALOOL-ACETATE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 18000.0 0.03 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ozone-Scavenger 1 *
P21-Inducer 1 *
P450-2B1-Inhibitor 5 *
P450-Inducer 4 *
P450-Inhibitor 2 Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
PAF-Inhibitor 1 *
Paralytic 1 *
Pediculicide 1 *
Percutaneostimulant 1 Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990.
Perfume 2 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Perfumery 27 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Peristaltic 1 *
Pesticide 62 *
PGE2-Inhibitor 1 *
Phagocytotic 4 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 124.
Phospholipase-Inhibitor 1 *
Photosensitizer 1 Rinzler, C. A. 1990. The Complete Book of Herbs, Spices and Condiments. Facts on File, New York. 199 pp.
Piscicide 2 *
PKC-Inhibitor 1 *