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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
BETA-DIKETONE 0 Leaf Wax 560000.0 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
BETA-ELEMENE 5 Shoot 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 13000.0 1.00 *
BETA-EUDESMOL 13 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
BETA-PHELLANDRENE 3 Essential Oil *
BETA-PHELLANDRENE 3 Fruit Essent. Oil 34300.0 -0.64 *
BETA-PHELLANDRENE 3 Leaf Essent. Oil 36000.0 2.05 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Essential Oil 2000.0 -0.69 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Fruit Essent. Oil *
BETA-PINENE 13 Leaf 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 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Shoot 7000.0 0.37 *
BETA-TERPINENE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil *
BETA-THUJONE 5 Fruit Essent. Oil *
BETULIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER 0 Wood 14.0 *
BORNEOL 35 Fruit Essent. Oil *
BORNEOL 35 Leaf Essent. Oil 2000.0 -0.66 *
BORNEOL 35 Shoot 3000.0 2.50 *
BORNEOL-ACETATE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil *
BUTYRALDEHYDE 2 Leaf Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
RNA-genic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Rubefacient 2 Martindale's 29th
Sclerosant 1 Martindale's 29th
Secretogogue 2 *
Secretolytic 1 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Sedative 20 Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
Serotonin-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Soap 1 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 Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.
Spasmogenic 6 Fitoterapia No.59-1984.
Spermicide 1 *
Sprout-Inhibitor 1 Duke, J.A.. Personal Communication.
Styptic 1 *
Succinoxidase-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Sunscreen 6 *
Surfactant 2 *
Sweetener 1 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Teratogenic 4 *
Teratologic 1 *
Termiticide 2 *