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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
ALLYL-HEXANOATE 0 Leaf 0.0 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALPHA-AMORPHENE 0 Essential Oil 2900.0 *
ALPHA-BULNESENE 0 Essential Oil 1900.0 *
ALPHA-BULNESENE 0 Leaf 36.0 0.07 *
ALPHA-CADININE 0 Leaf 143.0 358.0 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALPHA-COPAENE 0 Essential Oil 1700.0 -0.55 *
ALPHA-COPAENE 0 Leaf 10.0 25.0 -0.21 *
ALPHA-CUBEBENE 0 Essential Oil 900.0 -0.75 *
ALPHA-CUBEBENE 0 Leaf 4.0 11.0 -0.34 *
ALPHA-GURJUNENE 0 Essential Oil 4500.0 *
ALPHA-GURJUNENE 0 Leaf 23.0 58.0 -0.15 *
ALPHA-MUUROLENE 0 Essential Oil 2600.0 *
ALPHA-MUUROLENE 0 Leaf 0.0 30.0 0.83 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALPHA-P-DIMETHYL-STYRENE 0 Leaf 7.0 18.0 0.82 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Essential Oil 19000.0 -0.23 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Leaf 10.0 50.0 -0.28 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Essential Oil 23000.0 24000.0 -0.35 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Leaf 200.0 700.0 -0.18 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Leaf Essent. Oil 25000.0 -0.62 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Resin, Exudate, Sap *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Cholagogue 1 *
Choleretic 1 *
Cholesterolytic 1 *
Cicatrizant 1 *
CNS-Depressant 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Stimulant 2 *
Coleoptophile 1 *
Convulsant 2 R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R.
Cosmetic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Counterirritant 2 Martindale's 28th
Culicide 2 *
Cytochrome-P450-Inducer 2 *
Cytotoxic 1 *
Decongestant 2 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Degranulant 1 *
Deliriant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Dentifrice 1 Martindale's 29th
Deodorant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Dermal 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Detoxicant 1 *