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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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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Fruit *
MYRTENOL 2 Fruit Essent. Oil *
MYRTENOL 2 Shoot 0.1 -0.25 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.
NARINGENIN 56 Stem Bark 0.5 *
OLEANOLIC-ACID 64 Leaf *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Fruit *
P-CYMEN-8-OL 0 Shoot 0.1 -0.17 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.
P-CYMENE 16 Essential Oil 5000.0 -0.59 *
P-CYMENE 16 Leaf Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
P-CYMENE 16 Leaf Essent. Oil 3400.0 146000.0 1.39 *
P-CYMENE 16 Shoot 0.1 -0.50 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.
P-DIMETHYL-ALPHA-STYRENE 0 Shoot 3000.0 *
P-MENTHANE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil *
P-METHOXY-CIS-CINNAMOYL-OLEANOLIC-ACID 0 Wood 2.7 *
P-METHOXY-CIS-CINNAMOYL-URSOLIC-ACID 0 Wood 3.3 *
P-METHOXY-TRANS-CINNAMOYL-URSOLIC-ACID 0 Wood 4.2 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Fruit *
PARAFFIN 4 Leaf 20000.0 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
PINENE 12 Leaf 1200.0 8400.0 1.36 *
PINOCARVEOL 0 Leaf 20.0 140.0 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Plasmodicide 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Polyamine-Synthesis-Inhibitor 1 *
Potassium-Sparing 1 Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.
Preservative 1 Merck 11th Edition
Progestational 1 *
Proliferant 2 *
Prooxidant 2 *
Propecic 3 *
Prostaglandigenic 3 *
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor 3 Xu, L. N., Yu, W. G., Tian, J. Y., Liu, Q. Y. 1990. Effect of Sodium Ferulate on Arachidonic Acid Metabolism. Yao Hsueh Hsueh Pao, 25(6): 412-416.
Prostaglandin-Synthetase-Inhibitor 1 *
Prostatitigenic 1 *
Protease-Inhibitor 2 *
Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor 3 Naim, M., Zehavi, U., Nagy, S., and Rouseff, R.L. Hydroxycinnamic Acids as Off-Flavor Precursors in Citrus Fruits and Their Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.14.
Protisticide 2 Chemical Express, 7: 285, 1992.
PTK-Inhibitor 3 *
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer 5 Uda, Y., Price, K. R., Williamson, G., Rhodes, M. J. C. 1997. Induction of the Anticarcinogenic Marker Enzyme, Quinone Reductase, in Murine Hepatoma Cells In Vitro by Flavonoids. Cancer Lett., 120 (2): 213-216.
Radioprotective 3 *
Renoirritant 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Reverse-Transcriptase-Inhibitor 4 *