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
GAMMA-TERPINENE	11	Leaf	1154.0	3000.0	5.41	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-TERPINENE	11	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	204000.0	1.94	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-TERPINENE	11	Resin, Exudate, Sap	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-TERPINENE	11	Root Essent. Oil	not available	135400.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
GLOBULOL	0	Essential Oil	not available	8000.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
GLOBULOL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEX-CIS-3-EN-1-OL-ACETATE	0	Root Essent. Oil	not available	1100.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXANOL	3	Leaf	not available	0.0	-0.81	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
HUMULENE	2	Leaf	0.0	12.0	-0.42	Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE	60	Essential Oil	9000.0	43000.0	-0.49	Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE	60	Leaf	100.0	250.0	-0.18	Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE	60	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	9000.0	-0.64	Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE	60	Root Essent. Oil	not available	18700.0	-0.85	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOL	0	Leaf	10.0	25.0	-0.43	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
LINALOOL	53	Essential Oil	not available	3000.0	-0.57	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL	53	Leaf	10.0	25.0	-0.63	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
LINALOOL	53	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MENTH-TRANS-2-EN-1-OL	0	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MENTHATRIENES	0	Leaf	not available	0.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE	22	Essential Oil	8000.0	14000.0	-0.26	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