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

Common Names
Teatree
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
(+)-ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 0 Essential Oil *
(+)-ALPHA-PINENE 0 Essential Oil 16800.0 *
(+)-ALPHA-TERPINEOL 0 Essential Oil 20300.0 *
(+)-LIMONENE 0 Essential Oil 5100.0 -1.00 *
(+)-TERPINEN-4-OL 1 Essential Oil 247300.0 *
(-)-ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 0 Essential Oil *
(-)-ALPHA-PINENE 0 Essential Oil 1800.0 *
(-)-ALPHA-TERPINEOL 0 Essential Oil 6900.0 *
(-)-LIMONENE 0 Essential Oil *
(-)-TERPINEN-4-OL 1 Essential Oil 131300.0 *
1,4-CINEOLE 0 Essential Oil *
1,4-CINEOLE 0 Leaf 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 *
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Leaf 260.0 16000.0 1.53 *
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Leaf Essent. Oil 29000.0 56000.0 -0.64 *
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Resin, Exudate, Sap *
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Root Essent. Oil 25700.0 *
ALLO-AROMADENDRENE 0 Essential Oil 6900.0 1.00 *
ALLO-AROMADENDRENE 0 Leaf 45.0 112.0 -0.18 *
ALLO-AROMADENDRENE 0 Root Essent. Oil 500.0 -1.00 *

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Activity Chemical Count Reference
(-)-Chronotropic 1 (View) 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 (View) 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 (View) 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 (View) *
ACE-Inhibitor 4 (View) *
AChE-Inhibitor 1 (View) 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 (View) *
Allelochemic 3 (View) *
Allelopathic 5 (View) *
Allergenic 7 (View) *
Analgesic 6 (View) *
Anesthetic 4 (View) *
Anthelmintic 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiacetylcholinesterase 10 (View) *
Antiacne 6 (View) Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Antiadenomic 1 (View) *
Antiallergenic 1 (View) *
Antiallergic 3 (View) J. Food Hyg. Soc. Jap. 33(6): 569.
Antialzheimeran? 1 (View) Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Antianaphylactic 1 (View) *