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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
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
Antihelicobacter 2 *
Antihematuric 1 *
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 *
Antihepatotoxic 13 *
Antiherpetic 15 *
Antihistaminic 11 *
AntiHIV 14 *
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 *
Antihypertensive 3 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antihyperthyroid 3 *
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 *
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 *