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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
ELLAGIC-ACID 51 Leaf *
ELLAGIC-ACID 51 Stem *
ELLAGITANNIN 8 Leaf *
ELLAGITANNINS 0 Leaf Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
ENGELETIN 0 Stem Bark 2.0 *
EO 0 Leaf 5000.0 35000.0 2.06 Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
EO 0 Shoot 21200.0 1.01 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.
EPIGLOBULOL 0 Leaf 28000.0 1.00 *
EPIGLOBULOL 0 Leaf Essent. Oil *
EREMOPHILENE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil *
ERIODICTYOL 10 Stem Bark 0.4 *
ERYTHRODIOL 0 Wood 10.0 *
ETHANOL 24 Leaf Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
EUCALYPTIN 0 Leaf *
EUCALYPTONE 7 Leaf 27.0 *
EUDESMOL 0 Fruit Essent. Oil *
EUGLOBAL-IA1 0 Bud *
EUGLOBAL-IA1 0 Plant *
EUGLOBAL-IA2 0 Bud *
EUGLOBAL-IB 0 Bud *
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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 *