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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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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Essential Oil 4400.0 -0.66 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Root Essent. Oil 900.0 -1.35 *
BETA-CUBEBENE 0 Root Essent. Oil 900.0 -1.00 *
BETA-ELEMENE 5 Leaf 0.0 -0.42 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
BETA-GURJUNENE 0 Essential Oil *
BETA-MAALIENE 0 Essential Oil *
BETA-MYRCENE 2 Essential Oil 4600.0 -0.74 *
BETA-MYRCENE 2 Leaf Essent. Oil 3000.0 -1.00 *
BETA-PHELLANDRENE 3 Essential Oil 5800.0 -0.71 *
BETA-PHELLANDRENE 3 Leaf 75.0 -0.29 *
BETA-PHELLANDRENE 3 Root Essent. Oil 6300.0 -1.00 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Essential Oil 300.0 7000.0 -0.57 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Leaf 59.0 950.0 0.97 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Leaf Essent. Oil 16000.0 -0.25 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Root Essent. Oil 10500.0 -1.09 *
BETA-TERPINEOL 3 Leaf 24.0 60.0 -0.83 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
BICYCLOGERMACRENE 0 Essential Oil 1300.0 -1.00 *
CADINA-1,4-DIENE 0 Essential Oil 3000.0 *
CALAMENENE 0 Essential Oil 2700.0 -1.00 *
CALAMENENE 0 Leaf 10.0 25.0 -0.11 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
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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 *
Hypnotic 1 *
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 *
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 *
Inflammatory 1 *
Insect-Repellent 1 *
Insecticide 7 *
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 *
Irritant 12 *
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 *
Lipolytic 1 *
Mosquitocide 1 *
Mosquitofuge 2 *
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