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

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Generally Recognized as Safe

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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
TERPINEN-4-OL	23	Leaf	2941.0	11225.0	6.07	Duke, 1992 *
TERPINEN-4-OL	23	Leaf Essent. Oil	364000.0	385000.0	2.72	Duke, 1992 *
TERPINEN-4-OL	23	Resin, Exudate, Sap	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TERPINEN-4-OL	23	Root Essent. Oil	not available	6900.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TERPINEOL	18	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TERPINOLENE	9	Essential Oil	not available	429000.0	2.82	Duke, 1992 *
TERPINOLENE	9	Leaf	236.0	6125.0	7.57	Duke, 1992 *
TERPINOLENE	9	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	33000.0	2.39	Duke, 1992 *
TERPINOLENE	9	Resin, Exudate, Sap	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TERPINOLENE	9	Root Essent. Oil	not available	19200.0	-0.73	Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-MENTH-2-EN-1-OL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-SABINENE-HYDRATE	0	Root Essent. Oil	not available	4200.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VIRIDIFLORENE	0	Essential Oil	not available	17500.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VIRIDIFLORENE	0	Leaf	103.0	257.0	0.86	Duke, 1992 *
VIRIDIFLOROL	1	Essential Oil	not available	5800.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VIRIDIFLOROL	1	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	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
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 *