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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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
Myorelaxant 4 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Nematicide 6 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Neurotoxic 1 *
NO-Genic 1 *
Occuloirritant 1 *
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 1 *
Ozone-Scavenger 1 *
P450-2B1-Inhibitor 4 *
P450-Inducer 3 *
Pediculicide 1 *
Perfume 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Perfumery 17 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Peristaltic 1 *
Pesticide 24 *
Photosensitizer 1 Rinzler, C. A. 1990. The Complete Book of Herbs, Spices and Condiments. Facts on File, New York. 199 pp.
Prooxidant 1 Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
Renoirritant 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.
Respirainhibitor 1 Merck 11th Edition
Respirastimulant 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Rubefacient 2 *