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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
LINALOOL-OXIDE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL-OXIDE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 19000.0 1.29 Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUTEOLIN 78 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MACROCARPAL-A 11 Calyx not available 280.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
MACROCARPAL-A 11 Leaf 109.0 32000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
MACROCARPAL-B 10 Calyx not available 180.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
MACROCARPAL-B 10 Leaf 13.0 33100.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
MACROCARPAL-C 8 Calyx not available 430.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
MACROCARPAL-C 8 Leaf 229.0 56300.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
MACROCARPAL-D 11 Calyx not available 250.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
MACROCARPAL-D 11 Leaf not available 18.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
MACROCARPAL-E 2 Calyx not available 150.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
MACROCARPAL-H 8 Leaf not available 23.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
MACROCARPAL-I 8 Leaf not available 23.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
MACROCARPAL-J 8 Leaf not available 28.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
MASLINIC-ACID 6 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE 22 Fruit Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE 22 Leaf Essent. Oil 900.0 1000.0 -0.36 Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE 22 Shoot not available 5000.0 5.36 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antihelicobacter 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antihematuric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihemolytic 2 Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994.
Antihemorrhagic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihemorrhoidal 2 Martindale's 29th
Antihepatoadenomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatotoxic 13 Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic 15 Duke, 1992 *
Antihistaminic 11 Duke, 1992 *
AntiHIV 14 Duke, 1992 *
Antihydrophobic 1 Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
Antihypercholesterolemic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antihyperlipidemic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antihypertensive 3 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antihyperthyroid 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiinfarctal 1 Soumyanath, A. Ed. 2006. Traditional Medicines for Modern Times - Antidiabetic Plants. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group. Boca Raton, FL. 314 pp.
Antiinfertility 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiinflammatory 35 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.
Antiischemic 4 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antilaryngitic 1 Duke, 1992 *