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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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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
(+)-CATECHIN 30 Leaf *
(+)-LIMONENE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil *
(-)-ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil *
(-)-TRANS-PINOCARVEOL 0 Leaf J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Essential Oil 667000.0 1.91 *
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Fruit Essent. Oil 208100.0 725000.0 1.40 *
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Leaf 3500.0 33250.0 3.75 *
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Leaf Essent. Oil 168000.0 691200.0 1.53 *
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Shoot 728000.0 10.31 *
11,12-DEHYDROURSOLACTONE-ACETATE 0 Leaf Wax 10000.0 20000.0 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
16-HYDROXY-TRITRIACONTAN-18-ONE 0 Leaf 7.5 *
2,4,6-TRIMETHOXYPHENOL 1 Bark *
3'-O-GALLOYL-PROCYANIDIN-B2 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.
3'-O-GALLOYL-PRODELPHINIDIN 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.
3,3'-DI-O-GALLOYL-PRODELPHINIDIN 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.
3,4,5-TRIMETHOXYPHENOL 0 Bark *
3-BETA-23-DIHYDROXY-URS-12-EN-28-OIC-ACID 0 Wood 10.0 *
3-BETA-ACETOXY-11-ALPHA-METHOXY-URS-12-EN-28-OIC-ACID 0 Wood 5.0 *
3-ISOPROPYLIDEN-1-ACETYL-5-CYCLOPENTENE 0 Leaf Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
3-METHOXYAROMADENDRIN 0 Resin, Exudate, Sap *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Anticancer (Esophagus) 1 (View) Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Anticancer (Forestomach) 2 (View) *
Anticancer (Liver) 2 (View) *
Anticancer (Lung) 1 (View) *
Anticancer (Mouth) 1 (View) Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Anticancer (Pancreas) 1 (View) *
Anticancer (Skin) 2 (View) *
Anticapillary-Fragility 3 (View) Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.
Anticarcinogenic 4 (View) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Anticarcinomic 4 (View) *
Anticarcinomic (Breast) 1 (View) Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Anticariogenic 19 (View) Muroi, H. and Kubo, I. 1993. Combination Effects of Antibacterial Compounds in Green Tea Flavor against Streptococcus mutans. J. Agric. Food Chem. 41: 1102-1105.
Anticataract 6 (View) Shimizu, M., Horie, S., Terashima, S., Ueno, H., et al. 1989. Studies on Aldose Reductase Inhibitors from Natural Products.II. Active Components of a Paraguayan Crude Drug 'Para-parai mi,' Phyllanthus niruri. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 37(9): 2531-2532, 1989.
Anticatarrh 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Anticholestatic 1 (View) Shukla, B., Visen, P.K.S., Patnaik, G.K., Tripathi, S.C., Srimal, R.C., Dayal, R., and Dobhal, P.C. Hepatoprotective Activity in the Rat of Ursolic Acid Isolated from Eucalyptus Hybrid. Phytotherapy Research 6: 74-79, 1992.
Anticholinesterase 3 (View) *
Anticlastogen 2 (View) *
Anticoagulant 1 (View) *
Anticolic 1 (View) *
Anticolitic 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).