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

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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
(+)-ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-ALPHA-PINENE	0	Essential Oil	not available	16800.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-ALPHA-TERPINEOL	0	Essential Oil	not available	20300.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-LIMONENE	0	Essential Oil	not available	5100.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-TERPINEN-4-OL	1	Essential Oil	not available	247300.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-ALPHA-PINENE	0	Essential Oil	not available	1800.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-ALPHA-TERPINEOL	0	Essential Oil	not available	6900.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-LIMONENE	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-TERPINEN-4-OL	1	Essential Oil	not available	131300.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1,4-CINEOLE	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1,4-CINEOLE	0	Leaf	not available	0.0	-1.00	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
1,8-CINEOLE	67	Essential Oil	30400.0	368000.0	0.70	Duke, 1992 *
1,8-CINEOLE	67	Leaf	260.0	16000.0	1.53	Duke, 1992 *
1,8-CINEOLE	67	Leaf Essent. Oil	29000.0	56000.0	-0.64	Duke, 1992 *
1,8-CINEOLE	67	Resin, Exudate, Sap	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1,8-CINEOLE	67	Root Essent. Oil	not available	25700.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALLO-AROMADENDRENE	0	Essential Oil	not available	6900.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
ALLO-AROMADENDRENE	0	Leaf	45.0	112.0	-0.18	Duke, 1992 *
ALLO-AROMADENDRENE	0	Root Essent. Oil	not available	500.0	-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
(-)-Chronotropic	1	Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
(-)-Inotropic	1	Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Abortifacient	1	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Acaricide	5	Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor	4	Duke, 1992 *
AChE-Inhibitor	1	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	6	Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Allelopathic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Allergenic	7	Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic	6	Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Anthelmintic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiacetylcholinesterase	10	Duke, 1992 *
Antiacne	6	Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Antiadenomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiallergenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiallergic	3	J. Food Hyg. Soc. Jap. 33(6): 569.
Antialzheimeran?	1	Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Antianaphylactic	1	Duke, 1992 *