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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Leptospermum scoparium (Myrtaceae)

Common Names
Manuka; Broom Teatree
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
(-)-BICYCLOSESQUIPHELLANDRENE 0 Essential Oil *
(-)-CADINA-1(6),4-DIENE 0 Essential Oil *
(-)-CADINA-3,5-DIENE 0 Essential Oil *
(-)-TRANS-CALAMENENE 0 Essential Oil *
(-)-ZONARENE 0 Essential Oil *
2'-BETA-DIHYDROXY-3'-METHYL-4',6'-DIMETHOXYCHALCONE 0 Shoot *
2,5-DIHYDROXY-7-METHOXY-6,8-DIMETHYLFLAVAN-3-ONE 0 Leaf *
3'-O-METHYL-3-4-METHYLENEDIOXY-ELLAGIC ACID 0 Bark Lowry, J. B. 1968. The Distribution and Potential Taxonomic Value of Alkylated Ellagic Acids. Phytochemistry 7 10: 1803-1813
3,3',4-TRI-O-METHYL-ELLAGIC-ACID 3 Bark Lowry, J. B. 1968. The Distribution and Potential Taxonomic Value of Alkylated Ellagic Acids. Phytochemistry 7 10: 1803-1813
3,3'-DI-O-METHYL-ELLAGIC-ACID 0 Bark Lowry, J. B. 1968. The Distribution and Potential Taxonomic Value of Alkylated Ellagic Acids. Phytochemistry 7 10: 1803-1813
3,4,5-TRIMETHOXYBENZOIC-ACID 0 Hl *
3,4,5-TRIMETHOXYBENZOIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER 0 Hl *
3-BETA-30-DIHYDROXYLUP-20(29)-EN-28-OIC-ACID 0 Shoot 1.0 *
3-BETA-O-CIS-P-COUMAROYL-MASLINIC-ACID 0 Leaf 14.0 *
3-BETA-O-TRANS-P-COUMAROYL-MASLINIC-ACID 0 Leaf 30.0 *
3-O-METHYL-ELLAGIC-ACID 0 Bark Lowry, J. B. 1968. The Distribution and Potential Taxonomic Value of Alkylated Ellagic Acids. Phytochemistry 7 10: 1803-1813
5,7-DIMETHOXY-6-METHYLFLAVANONE 0 Shoot *
5,7-DIMETHOXYFLAVANONE 0 Shoot *
5,7-DIMETHOXYFLAVONE 1 Shoot *
5-HYDROXY-7-METHOXY-6,8-DIMETHYLFLAVAN-3-ONE 0 Shoot *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Abortifacient 1 *
ACE-Inhibitor 1 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 3 Terashima, S., Shimizu, M., Nakayama, H., Ishikura, M., et al. 1990. Studies on Aldose Reductase Inhibitors from Medicinal Plant of 'Sinfito,' Potentilla candicans, and Further Synthesis of Their Related Compounds. Chem. Pharm. Bull 38(10):2733-2736, 1990
Androgenic 1 *
Angiogenic 1 *
Anorexic 1 Martindale's 28th
Anthelmintic 1 *
Antiacne 1 *
Antiadenomic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antiaflatoxin 1 *
Antianaphylactic 1 *
Antiandrogenic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antibacterial 4 Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155.
Anticancer 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticancer (Breast) 1 Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Anticancer (Cervix) 2 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Anticancer (Colon) 1 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Anticancer (Esophagus) 1 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Anticancer (Lung) 1 *
Anticancer (Mouth) 1 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.