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.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antitumor (Breast)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Cervix)	1	Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Antitumor (Colon)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Pancreas)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Prostate)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Stomach)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitussive	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcer	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral	4	Duke, 1992 *
Apoptotic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Bacteriostatic	1	Chin. J. Tuber. Respir. Dis.
Barbituate-Synergist	1	Duke, 1992 *
Bronchoprotectant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Bronchorelaxant	1	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Cancer-Preventive	7	Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide	3	Duke, 1992 *
Candidistat	2	Duke, 1992 *
Carcinogenic	1	Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.
Carminative	2	Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994.
Chemopreventive	2	Duke, 1992 *