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
TERPINEN-4-OL	23	Leaf	2941.0	11225.0	6.07	Duke, 1992 *
TERPINEN-4-OL	23	Leaf Essent. Oil	364000.0	385000.0	2.72	Duke, 1992 *
TERPINEN-4-OL	23	Resin, Exudate, Sap	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TERPINEN-4-OL	23	Root Essent. Oil	not available	6900.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TERPINEOL	18	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TERPINOLENE	9	Essential Oil	not available	429000.0	2.82	Duke, 1992 *
TERPINOLENE	9	Leaf	236.0	6125.0	7.57	Duke, 1992 *
TERPINOLENE	9	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	33000.0	2.39	Duke, 1992 *
TERPINOLENE	9	Resin, Exudate, Sap	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TERPINOLENE	9	Root Essent. Oil	not available	19200.0	-0.73	Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-MENTH-2-EN-1-OL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-SABINENE-HYDRATE	0	Root Essent. Oil	not available	4200.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VIRIDIFLORENE	0	Essential Oil	not available	17500.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VIRIDIFLORENE	0	Leaf	103.0	257.0	0.86	Duke, 1992 *
VIRIDIFLOROL	1	Essential Oil	not available	5800.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VIRIDIFLOROL	1	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	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 *