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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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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ALPHA-FENCHYL-ALCOHOL 0 Shoot 0.1 -0.49 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.
ALPHA-GUAIENE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil 31500.0 1.00 *
ALPHA-GURJUNENE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil *
ALPHA-GURJUNENE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 6000.0 1.00 *
ALPHA-P-DIMETHYL-STYRENE 0 Shoot 65.0 0.14 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.
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Essential Oil 1000.0 -0.57 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Fruit Essent. Oil 83000.0 0.71 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Leaf Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Leaf Essent. Oil 1000.0 343000.0 0.46 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Shoot 3000.0 7.31 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Essential Oil 52000.0 -0.10 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Fruit Essent. Oil 40900.0 -0.31 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Leaf 1250.0 8750.0 0.34 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Leaf Essent. Oil 5000.0 260000.0 0.68 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Shoot 119000.0 11.72 *
ALPHA-SELINENE 3 Leaf Essent. Oil 2000.0 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE 13 Fruit Essent. Oil *
ALPHA-TERPINENE 13 Shoot 0.1 -0.48 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.
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Essential Oil 9000.0 -0.37 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Fruit Essent. Oil *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antimitotic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
AntiMRSA 1 *
AntiMS 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antimutagenic 23 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp.
Antimyocarditic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 199.
Antineoplastic 1 *
Antinephritic 3 *
Antineuritic 1 *
Antineuropathic 1 *
Antinitrosaminic 8 Ki Soon Rhee. Oilseed Food Ingredients Used To Minimize Oxidative Flavor Deterioration in Meat Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.18.
Antinociceptive 8 Rao, V.S.N., Menezes, A.M.S., Viana, G.S.B. 1990. Effect of myrcene on nociception in mice. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 877-878, 1990.
Antiobesity 1 *
Antiobesity? 1 Internat. J. Oriental Med. 16: 4.
Antionychyotic 1 Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp.
Antiophidic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antiotitic 1 *
Antioxidant 34 *
Antioxidant (LDL) 1 *
Antipancreatitic 1 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antiparkinsonian 1 *