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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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Chemical Name Sort descending Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
CITRONELLAL 20 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CITRONELLAL 20 Shoot not available 0.1 -0.22 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.
CITRONELLIC-ACID 0 Shoot not available 0.1 -0.23 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.
CITRONELLOL 15 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 136000.0 -0.40 Duke, 1992 *
CITRONELLOL 15 Shoot not available 0.1 -0.18 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.
CITRONELLYL-ACETATE 2 Shoot not available 0.1 -0.23 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.
CRYPTONE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 86000.0 167000.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
CUMINALDEHYDE 10 Leaf 25.0 135.0 0.27 Duke, 1992 *
CUMINALDEHYDE 10 Shoot not available 0.1 -0.33 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.
D-CATECHOL 0 Bark not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
D-CATECHOL 0 Wood not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
D-LINALOL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
D-LINALOOL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
D-MYRTENAL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
D-MYRTENOL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
D-VERBENONE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
DAUCOSTEROL 5 Wood not available 6.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-CADINENE 9 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIEPIPALUSTROL 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ELLAGIC-ACID 51 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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Antihelicobacter 2 (View Chemicals list for Antihelicobacter) Duke, 1992 *
Antihematuric 1 (View Chemicals list for Antihematuric) Duke, 1992 *
Antihemolytic 2 (View Chemicals list for Antihemolytic) 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 (View Chemicals list for Antihemorrhagic) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihemorrhoidal 2 (View Chemicals list for Antihemorrhoidal) Martindale's 29th
Antihepatoadenomic 1 (View Chemicals list for Antihepatoadenomic) Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatotoxic 13 (View Chemicals list for Antihepatotoxic) Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic 15 (View Chemicals list for Antiherpetic) Duke, 1992 *
Antihistaminic 11 (View Chemicals list for Antihistaminic) Duke, 1992 *
AntiHIV 14 (View Chemicals list for AntiHIV) Duke, 1992 *
Antihydrophobic 1 (View Chemicals list for Antihydrophobic) Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
Antihypercholesterolemic 2 (View Chemicals list for Antihypercholesterolemic) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antihyperlipidemic 2 (View Chemicals list for Antihyperlipidemic) Duke, 1992 *
Antihypertensive 3 (View Chemicals list for Antihypertensive) Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antihyperthyroid 3 (View Chemicals list for Antihyperthyroid) Duke, 1992 *
Antiinfarctal 1 (View Chemicals list for Antiinfarctal) Soumyanath, A. Ed. 2006. Traditional Medicines for Modern Times - Antidiabetic Plants. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group. Boca Raton, FL. 314 pp.
Antiinfertility 1 (View Chemicals list for Antiinfertility) Duke, 1992 *
Antiinflammatory 35 (View Chemicals list for Antiinflammatory) 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 (View Chemicals list for Antiischemic) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antilaryngitic 1 (View Chemicals list for Antilaryngitic) Duke, 1992 *