Plant Melaleuca leucadendra (Myrtaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Cajeput

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Sort descending	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
3,5-DIMETHYL-4,6-DI-O-METHYLPHLORACETOPHENONE	0	Leaf	not available	1300.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL	23	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
AZULENE	10	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
BENZALDEHYDE	24	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETULIN	13	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETULINIC-ACID	22	Bark	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CAJEPUTOL	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CINEOLE	0	Leaf	1820.0	8450.0	0.64	Duke, 1992 *
DIPENTENE	7	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EO	0	Leaf	not available	13000.0	0.13	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
EO	0	Twig	not available	13000.0	1.65	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
EPITARAXERY-ACETATE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FRIEDELIN	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GALLIC-ACID	62	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOQUERCITRIN	22	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOVALERIC-ACID	5	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL	75	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-0-GLUCOSIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity Sort descending	Chemical Count	Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor	1 (View Chemicals list for 11B-HSD-Inhibitor)	Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	1 (View Chemicals list for 5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor)	Duke, 1992 *
Abortifacient	1 (View Chemicals list for Abortifacient)	Duke, 1992 *
Acaricide	1 (View Chemicals list for Acaricide)	Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor	3 (View Chemicals list for ACE-Inhibitor)	Duke, 1992 *
AChE-Inhibitor	1 (View Chemicals list for AChE-Inhibitor)	Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	4 (View Chemicals list for Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor)	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Allelochemic	2 (View Chemicals list for Allelochemic)	Duke, 1992 *
Allelopathic	1 (View Chemicals list for Allelopathic)	Wright,C.W.(Ed)2002.Medicinal&Aromatic Plants-Industrial Profiles.Artemisia.344pp.Maffei,M.(Ed)2002.Vetiveria.The Genus Vetiveria.Taylor&Francis.NY,NY.191pp.Southwell,I.,Lowe,R.(Eds)1999.Tea Tree.The Genus Melaleuca.Harwood Acad.Pub.Amsterdam,Netherlands.
Allergenic	5 (View Chemicals list for Allergenic)	Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic	3 (View Chemicals list for Analgesic)	Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic	2 (View Chemicals list for Anesthetic)	Duke, 1992 *
Anthelmintic	1 (View Chemicals list for Anthelmintic)	Duke, 1992 *
Antiacetylcholinesterase	2 (View Chemicals list for Antiacetylcholinesterase)	Duke, 1992 *
Antiacne	3 (View Chemicals list for Antiacne)	Duke, 1992 *
Antiadenomic	1 (View Chemicals list for Antiadenomic)	Duke, 1992 *
Antiadenovirus	1 (View Chemicals list for Antiadenovirus)	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194.
Antiaflatoxin	1 (View Chemicals list for Antiaflatoxin)	Duke, 1992 *
Antiaggregant	1 (View Chemicals list for Antiaggregant)	Duke, 1992 *
Antiallergenic	2 (View Chemicals list for Antiallergenic)	Dorsch, W., Wagner, H. New Antiasthmatic Drugs from Traditional Medicine? Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 94: 262-265, 1991.