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-PINENE	28	Root Essent. Oil	not available	9800.0	-1.13	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE	13	Essential Oil	13000.0	99000.0	2.00	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE	13	Leaf	190.0	4375.0	1.95	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE	13	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	4000.0	-0.40	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE	13	Resin, Exudate, Sap	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE	13	Root Essent. Oil	not available	92400.0	1.41	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL	23	Essential Oil	25000.0	31000.0	0.60	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL	23	Leaf	180.0	902.0	0.99	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL	23	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	29000.0	-0.28	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL	23	Resin, Exudate, Sap	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL	23	Root Essent. Oil	not available	2600.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL ACETATE	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINOLENE	0	Essential Oil	not available	31800.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINOLENE	0	Leaf	not available	364.0	2.00	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-THUJENE	0	Essential Oil	4400.0	15000.0	-0.30	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-THUJENE	0	Leaf	not available	76.0	0.14	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-THUJENE	0	Root Essent. Oil	not available	133000.0	1.41	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-THUJONE	6	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AROMADENDRENE	3	Essential Oil	not available	16100.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
AROMADENDRENE	3	Leaf	235.0	675.0	-0.21	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 *