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Plant Melaleuca leucadendra (Myrtaceae)

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Common name(s)
Cajeput
How used
Medicinal

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# Activity Chemical Name Part Low PPM High PPM StdDev *Reference
0 3,5-DIMETHYL-4,6-DI-O-METHYLPHLORACETOPHENONE Leaf -- 1300.0 -- *
28 ALPHA-PINENE Leaf -- -- -- List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
28 ALPHA-PINENE Plant -- -- -- *
23 ALPHA-TERPINEOL Essential Oil -- -- -- Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
10 AZULENE Essential Oil -- -- -- Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
24 BENZALDEHYDE Essential Oil -- -- -- *
13 BETULIN Bark -- -- -- *
22 BETULINIC-ACID Bark -- -- -- List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
0 CAJEPUTOL Essential Oil -- -- -- List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
0 CINEOLE Leaf 1820.0 8450.0 0.64 *
7 DIPENTENE Plant -- -- -- *
0 EO Leaf -- 13000.0 0.13 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
0 EO Twig -- 13000.0 1.65 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
0 EPITARAXERY-ACETATE Plant -- -- -- *
2 FRIEDELIN Plant -- -- -- *
62 GALLIC-ACID Plant -- -- -- *
22 ISOQUERCITRIN Plant -- -- -- *
5 ISOVALERIC-ACID Plant -- -- -- *
75 KAEMPFEROL Plant -- -- -- *
0 KAEMPFEROL-3-0-GLUCOSIDE Plant -- -- -- *
*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.