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
Diuretic	1	Duke, 1992 *
DNA-Binder	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ecbolic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Edemagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Emetic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Emmenagogue	1	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Enterocontractant	1	J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.
Epileptigenic	1	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Estrogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Expectorant	8	Duke, 1992 *
FLavor	17	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Fungicide	10	Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.
Fungiphilic	1	J. Agric. Food Chem. 43: 2283.
Fungistat	1	Duke, 1992 *
GABA-nergic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Gastroprotective	2	Duke, 1992 *
Gram(+)icide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Gram(-)icide	1	Duke, 1992 *
GST-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hepatotonic	1	Duke, 1992 *