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
Herbicide	8	Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Histaminic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hypnotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hypocholesterolemic?	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypotensive	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hypothermic	3	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Immunomodulator	1	Duke, 1992 *
Inflammatory	1	Duke, 1992 *
Insect-Repellent	1	Duke, 1992 *
Insecticide	7	Duke, 1992 *
Insectifuge	16	Bowers, W.S., Ortego, F., You, X., and Evans, P.H. Insect Repellents From The Chinese Prickly Ash Zanthoxylum bungeanum. Journal of Natural Products, 56(6): 935-938, 1993.
Insectiphile	2	Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
Interleukin-6-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Irritant	12	Duke, 1992 *
Larvicide	4	Misra, L.N. and Singh, S.P. Alpha-Thujone, The Major Component Of The Essential Oil From Artemisia vulgaris Growing Wild In Nilgiri Hills. Journal of Natural Products, 49: 941, 1986.
Laxative	2	Duke, 1992 *
Lipolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Mosquitocide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Mosquitofuge	2	Duke, 1992 *
Motor-Depressant	2	Buchbauer et al, e.g.Buchbauer et al,1993.Therapeutic properties of essential oils and fragrances. Chap.12 in Teranishi,R, Buttery,R.G and Sugisawa,H. Eds. Bioactive Volatile Compounds from Plants. ACS Symposium Series 525. Amer. Chem. Soc., Washington DC