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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Cholagogue	1	Duke, 1992 *
Choleretic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cholesterolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cicatrizant	1	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
Coleoptophile	1	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-Inducer	2	Duke, 1992 *
Cytotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *