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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
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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RNA-genic 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Rubefacient 2 (View) Martindale's 29th
Sclerosant 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Secretogogue 2 (View) *
Secretolytic 1 (View) Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Sedative 20 (View) Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
Serotonin-Inhibitor 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Soap 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Sodium-Sparing 1 (View) Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.
Spasmogenic 6 (View) Fitoterapia No.59-1984.
Spermicide 1 (View) *
Sprout-Inhibitor 1 (View) Duke, J.A.. Personal Communication.
Styptic 1 (View) *
Succinoxidase-Inhibitor 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Sunscreen 6 (View) *
Surfactant 2 (View) *
Sweetener 1 (View) Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Teratogenic 4 (View) *
Teratologic 1 (View) *
Termiticide 2 (View) *