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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
GLOBULOL 0 Shoot 13000.0 5.00 *
GURJUNENE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil *
HYPEROSIDE 30 Leaf *
I-TERPINEOL 0 Leaf Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
ISOAMYL-ALCOHOL 3 Fruit Essent. Oil *
ISOAMYL-ALCOHOL 3 Leaf Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
ISOAMYL-ISOVALERATE 0 Shoot 0.1 -0.48 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.
ISOBUTYL-VALERATE 0 Shoot 0.1 -0.52 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.
ISOFENCHONE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 3800.0 *
ISOPROPYLHEXANE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil *
ISOPULEGOLE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 2000.0 -1.00 *
ISOQUERCITRIN 22 Leaf *
LEDOL 0 Leaf Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
LEDOL 0 Leaf Essent. Oil *
LEDOL 0 Shoot 2000.0 5.98 *
LIMONENE 60 Leaf Essent. Oil 31000.0 52000.0 -0.45 *
LIMONENE 60 Shoot 0.1 -0.33 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.
LINALOOL 53 Leaf Essent. Oil 2000.0 -0.68 *
LINALOOL 53 Shoot 2000.0 -0.15 *
LINALOOL-ACETATE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 18000.0 0.03 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Termitifuge 3 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Testosterogenic 1 *
Testosterone-Hydroxylase-Inducer 1 *
Testosterone-Inducer 1 *
Tissue-Thromboplastin-Inhibitor 1 *
TNF-alpha-Inhibitor 5 *
TOPO-2-Inhibitor 1 *
Topoisomerase-I-Antagonist 1 Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 167.1999.
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor 6 Santti, R., Makela, S., Strauss, L., Korman, J., Kostian, M. L. 1998. Phytoestrogens: Potential Endocrine Disruptors in Males. Toxicol Ind Health, 14: 223-237.
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor 4 Azuma, Y., Onishi, Y., Sato, Y., Kizaki, H. 1995. Effects of Protein Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors With Different Modes of Action on Topoisomerase Activity and Death of IL-2-Dependent CTLL-2-Cells. J Biochemistry, 118: 312-318.
Tracheorelaxant 1 *
Tranquilizer 2 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jun-90.
Transdermal 5 *
Tremorilytic 1 Martindale's 28th
Trichomonicide 8 *
Trypanocide 2 *
Tumor-Promoter 1 *
Tumorigenic 2 Jim Duke's personal files.
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor 5 *
Tyrosine-Kinase-Inhibitor 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170.