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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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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
PINOCARVONE 1 Leaf *
PIPERITONE 7 Fruit Essent. Oil *
PIPERITONE 7 Shoot 1000.0 -0.03 *
PROANTHOCYANIDIN 0 Leaf *
PRODELPHINIDIN-B5 0 Leaf Takechi, M., Tanaka, Y., Takehara, M., Nonaka, G. I., Nishioka, I. 1985. Structure and Antiherpetic Activity Among the Tannins. Phytochemistry 24 10: 2245-2250.
PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID 43 Leaf Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
QUERCETIN 176 Leaf *
QUERCETIN 176 Stem Bark 0.3 *
QUERCETOL 1 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
QUERCETOL-3-GLUCOSIDE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
QUERCETRIN 0 Leaf Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
QUERCITRIN 44 Leaf *
QUERCITRIN 44 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
RHAMNAZIN 0 Stem Bark 0.1 *
RHAMNETIN 18 Stem Bark 3.5 *
RUTIN 87 Leaf 0.0 -1.00 *
SABINENE 5 Fruit Essent. Oil *
SAKURANETIN 4 Resin, Exudate, Sap *
SCYLLITOL 0 Leaf *
SIDEROXYLIN 0 Leaf *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Ubiquiot 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ulcerogenic 2 (View) *
Urinary-Antiseptic 1 (View) Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Uterosedative 1 (View) Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Uterotonic 1 (View) *
Uterotrophic 2 (View) Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 227.1999.
Varroacide 1 (View) *
Vasoconstrictor 1 (View) Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
Vasodilator 5 (View) *
Vasopressor 4 (View) *
Vasorelaxant 1 (View) *
VEGF-Inhibitor 4 (View) *
Vermicide 2 (View) *
Vulnerary 4 (View) *
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor 9 (View) Hatano, T., Yasuhara, T., Yoshihara, R., Agata, I., Noro, T., and Okuda, T. 1989. Effects of Interaction of Tannins with Co-existing Substances.VII. Inhibitory Effects of Tannins Related Polyphenols on Xanthine Oxidase. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(5): 1224-1229