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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
Ubiquiot 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ulcerogenic 2 *
Urinary-Antiseptic 1 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 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 *
Uterotrophic 2 Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 227.1999.
Varroacide 1 *
Vasoconstrictor 1 Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
Vasodilator 5 *
Vasopressor 4 *
Vasorelaxant 1 *
VEGF-Inhibitor 4 *
Vermicide 2 *
Vulnerary 4 *
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor 9 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