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Eucalyptus trees @ Fahrens Park - cancer remedy tea can be made from leaves 185 °F, @15 min and a water-to-leaf ratio of 20:1 mL/g. Under these conditions, spray-dried powdered extract was prepared with a recovery yield of 85%. The extract was water-soluble and had a TPC level of 407 mg GAE/g. It also possessed potent antioxidant capacity, comparable to pure ascorbic acid, but higher than pure α-tocopherol. In addition, the powdered extract demonstrated significant activity against a panel of cancer cell lines, which included cancers of the pancreas, breast, lung, brain, skin, colon and ovary. Of note, the ER extract exerted a more significant toxic effect on pancreatic cancer (PC) cells compared to gemcitabine, the first line chemotherapeutic agent for PC. We suggest that future studies should purify individual bioactive compounds from ER for further investigation of its potential health promoting and anti-cancer activity. - - Antianxiety / Antidepressant: Essential oils containing lower levels of eucalyptol (1,8- cineole) have demonstrated anxiolytic and antidepressant effects in previous studies, making eucalyptol a potential adjunctive therapy to support safe, cost-effective management of anxiety and depression.21-23 As previous studies used essential oils containing other potentially active compounds, our study used eucalyptol (1,8- cineole, 99%) to further investigate its effect on anxiety and depression as well as potential activity at the benzodiazepine site on the GABAA receptor in the rat central nervous system. Decreased psychomotor activity is an unwanted side effect of anxiolytic therapy. Anxiolytic medications can severely limit the patient’s ability to perform activities of daily living. Mean speed and mean time mobile were assessed to determine if eucalyptol affected psychomotor activity, and statistical significance was found for both. The eucalyptol group exhibited significantly increased mean speed and mean time mobile compared with midazolam, a known psychomotor depressant, and exhibited no significant difference compared with the vehicle. These results suggest that pure eucalyptol does not significantly affect psychomotor activity