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
GAMMA-TERPINENE	11	Leaf	1154.0	3000.0	5.41	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-TERPINENE	11	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	204000.0	1.94	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-TERPINENE	11	Resin, Exudate, Sap	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-TERPINENE	11	Root Essent. Oil	not available	135400.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
GLOBULOL	0	Essential Oil	not available	8000.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
GLOBULOL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEX-CIS-3-EN-1-OL-ACETATE	0	Root Essent. Oil	not available	1100.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXANOL	3	Leaf	not available	0.0	-0.81	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
HUMULENE	2	Leaf	0.0	12.0	-0.42	Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE	60	Essential Oil	9000.0	43000.0	-0.49	Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE	60	Leaf	100.0	250.0	-0.18	Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE	60	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	9000.0	-0.64	Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE	60	Root Essent. Oil	not available	18700.0	-0.85	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOL	0	Leaf	10.0	25.0	-0.43	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
LINALOOL	53	Essential Oil	not available	3000.0	-0.57	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL	53	Leaf	10.0	25.0	-0.63	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
LINALOOL	53	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MENTH-TRANS-2-EN-1-OL	0	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MENTHATRIENES	0	Leaf	not available	0.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE	22	Essential Oil	8000.0	14000.0	-0.26	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antinociceptive	2	Rao, V.S.N., Menezes, A.M.S., Viana, G.S.B. 1990. Effect of myrcene on nociception in mice. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 877-878, 1990.
Antiobesity	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antionychyotic	1	Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp.
Antioxidant	5	Jim Duke's personal files.
Antipharyngitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiplaque	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiplasmodial	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipneumonic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiproliferant	4	Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antipruritic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Antirheumatalgic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antirheumatic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antirhinitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiseptic	13	Merck 11th Edition
Antishock	1	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antisinusitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antispasmodic	11	Fitoterapia No.59-1984.
Antistaphylococcic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antistreptococcic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor	2	Zheng, G-Q., Kenney, P.M., and Lam, L.K.T. Sesquiterpenes From Clove (Eugenia caryophyllata) As Potential Anticarcinogenic Agents. Journal of Natural Products 55(7): 999-1003, 1992.