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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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
SPATHULENOL 0 Shoot 0.1 -0.44 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.
TANNINS 0 Leaf 110000.0 0.20 *
TAXIFOLIN 17 Stem Bark 2.0 *
TERPIN-1-EN-4-OL 0 Essential Oil 1000.0 *
TERPINEN-4-OL 23 Fruit Essent. Oil *
TERPINEN-4-OL 23 Leaf Essent. Oil 8000.0 -0.48 *
TERPINEN-4-OL 23 Shoot 3000.0 1.08 *
TERPINOLENE 9 Leaf Essent. Oil 1000.0 5000.0 -0.30 *
THYMOL 71 Fruit Essent. Oil *
TRANS-BETA-OCIMENE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 1000.0 -1.39 *
TRANS-PINOCARVEOL 2 Essential Oil *
TRANS-PINOCARVEOL 2 Fruit Essent. Oil *
TRANS-PINOCARVEOL 2 Leaf *
TRANS-PINOCARVEOL 2 Leaf Essent. Oil 9400.0 *
TRANS-PINOCARVEOL 2 Shoot 16000.0 6.86 *
TRANS-VERBENOL 0 Fruit Essent. Oil *
TRITERPENES 0 Leaf 20000.0 40000.0 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
TRITRIACONTANE-16,18-DIONE 0 Leaf Wax *
TRITRIACONTANE-16,18-DIONE 0 Plant *
URSOLIC-ACID 89 Leaf Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
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Anticomplement 2 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Anticomplementary 5 *
Anticonvulsant 5 *
Anticoronary 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
AntiCrohn's 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiCVI 1 *
Anticystitic 1 *
Antidementia 2 Bruneton, J. 1999. Pharmacognosy, Phytochemistry, Medicinal Plants. 2nd Ed. Lavoisier Publishing, Paris. 1119 pp.
Antidepressant 2 *
Antidermatic 1 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Antidermatitic 5 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Antidiabetic 5 *
Antidysmenorrheic 1 *
AntiEBV 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antieczemic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiedemic 10 Shimizu,*M., et al. 1990. Anti-inflammatory Constituents of Topically Applied Crude Drugs. IV.1) Constituents and Anti-inflammatory Effect of Paraguayan Crude Drug 'Alhucema' (Lavandula latifolia Vill.)2). Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(8): 2283-2284, 1990.
Antielastase 4 *
Antiencephalitic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 199.
Antierythemic 1 *
Antiescherichic 6 *