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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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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
SPATHULENOL 0 Shoot 0.1 -0.44 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.
TANNINS 0 Leaf 110000.0 0.20 *
TAXIFOLIN 17 Stem Bark 2.0 *
TERPIN-1-EN-4-OL 0 Essential Oil 1000.0 *
TERPINEN-4-OL 23 Fruit Essent. Oil *
TERPINEN-4-OL 23 Leaf Essent. Oil 8000.0 -0.48 *
TERPINEN-4-OL 23 Shoot 3000.0 1.08 *
TERPINOLENE 9 Leaf Essent. Oil 1000.0 5000.0 -0.30 *
THYMOL 71 Fruit Essent. Oil *
TRANS-BETA-OCIMENE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 1000.0 -1.39 *
TRANS-PINOCARVEOL 2 Essential Oil *
TRANS-PINOCARVEOL 2 Fruit Essent. Oil *
TRANS-PINOCARVEOL 2 Leaf *
TRANS-PINOCARVEOL 2 Leaf Essent. Oil 9400.0 *
TRANS-PINOCARVEOL 2 Shoot 16000.0 6.86 *
TRANS-VERBENOL 0 Fruit Essent. Oil *
TRITERPENES 0 Leaf 20000.0 40000.0 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
TRITRIACONTANE-16,18-DIONE 0 Leaf Wax *
TRITRIACONTANE-16,18-DIONE 0 Plant *
URSOLIC-ACID 89 Leaf Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
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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 *