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Plant Melaleuca alternifolia (Myrtaceae)

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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
CAMPHENE 9 Leaf not available 0.0 -0.19 Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHOR 41 Leaf not available 0.0 -0.25 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
CARYOPHYLLENE 31 Leaf 0.0 154.0 -0.58 Duke, 1992 *
CIS-MENTH-2-EN-1-OL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-SABINENE-HYDRATE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available 2000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CUBENOL 0 Essential Oil not available 5200.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CYCLOHEXANONE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available 600.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CYMENENE 0 Leaf not available 12.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-CADINENE 9 Essential Oil not available 18600.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-CADINENE 9 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-CADINENE 9 Root Essent. Oil not available 1800.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
DIMETHYL-STYRENE 0 Essential Oil not available 1700.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Leaf 10000.0 25000.0 1.18 Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EPIBICYCLOSESQUIPHELLANDRENE 0 Essential Oil not available 5100.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
EPIGLOBULOL 0 Essential Oil not available 1800.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL-METHYL-ETHER 5 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-ELEMENE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available 400.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-GURJUNENE 0 Essential Oil not available 1500.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-TERPINENE 11 Essential Oil 32000.0 211500.0 2.07 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
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 Duke, 1992 *
NO-Genic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Occuloirritant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Ozone-Scavenger 1 Duke, 1992 *
P450-2B1-Inhibitor 4 Duke, 1992 *
P450-Inducer 3 Duke, 1992 *
Pediculicide 1 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
Pesticide 24 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *