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Plant Eucalyptus grandis (Myrtaceae)

Common Names
Gum; Flooded Gum; Rose Gum
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
1,8-CINEOL 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 44000.0 -0.66 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 689000.0 3.04 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 5000.0 -0.76 Duke, 1992 *
AROMADENDRENE 3 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 5000.0 -0.70 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 1000.0 -0.40 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 5000.0 -0.78 Duke, 1992 *
BORNEOL 35 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 8000.0 -0.58 Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHOLENIC-ALDEHYDE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 4000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
EPIGLOBULOL 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 2000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
EUCALYPTIN 0 Leaf not available 100.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
EUGLOBAL-G-1 0 Leaf not available 210.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
EUGLOBAL-G-2 0 Leaf not available 239.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
EUGLOBAL-G-3 0 Leaf not available 19.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
EUGLOBAL-G-4 0 Leaf not available 6.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
EUGLOBAL-G-5 0 Leaf not available 3.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
EUGLOBAL-G-6 0 Leaf not available 95.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
EUGLOBAL-G-7 0 Leaf not available 11.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-TERPINENE 11 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 5000.0 -0.66 Duke, 1992 *
GENTISIC-ACID 8 Plant not available not available not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
GLOBULOL 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 2000.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Cancer-Preventive 4 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide 3 Duke, 1992 *
Candidistat 1 Duke, 1992 *
Carcinogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cardioprotective 2 Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotonic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive 2 Duke, 1992 *
Choleretic 2 Shukla, B., Visen, P.K.S., Patnaik, G.K., Tripathi, S.C., Srimal, R.C., Dayal, R., and Dobhal, P.C. Hepatoprotective Activity in the Rat of Ursolic Acid Isolated from Eucalyptus Hybrid. Phytotherapy Research 6: 74-79, 1992.
Cholesterolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cicatrizant 1 Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Depressant 1 Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Stimulant 1 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CNS-Toxic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Coleoptophile 1 Duke, 1992 *
COX-2-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor 1 Ringbom, T., Seguar, L., Noreen, Y., Perera, P., Bohlin, L. 1998. Ursolic Acid from Plantago major, a Selective Inhibitor of Cyclooxygenase-2 Catalyzed Prostaglandin Biosynthesis. J. Nat. Prod., 61(10): 1212-1215.
Cytotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Deodorant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Detoxicant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic 1 Duke, 1992 *