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Plant Melaleuca cajuputi (Myrtaceae)

Common Names
Vietnamese Cajuput Oil
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
(+)-ALPHA-TERPINEOL 0 Leaf not available 770.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
(-)-LINALOOL 0 Leaf not available 290.0 -0.93 Duke, 1992 *
(-)-TERPINEN-4-OL 1 Leaf not available 140.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Leaf not available 3910.0 -0.03 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Leaf not available 250.0 -0.21 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Leaf not available 130.0 -0.24 Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Leaf not available 10000.0 -0.14 Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-TERPINENE 11 Leaf not available 730.0 1.04 Duke, 1992 *
GUAIOL 3 Leaf not available 160.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE 60 Leaf not available 430.0 0.00 Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENE 16 Leaf not available 420.0 -0.05 Duke, 1992 *
TERPINOLENE 9 Leaf not available 800.0 0.79 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
(-)-Chronotropic 1 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
(-)-Inotropic 1 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Acaricide 3 Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
AChE-Inhibitor 1 Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 Okamura, K., Iwakami, S., Matsunaga, T. 1992. Biological Activity of Monoterpenes from Trees. Toyama-Ken Yakuji Kenkyusho Nenpo, (20): 95-101.
Allelochemic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Allelopathic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Allergenic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic 1 Martindale's 28th
Anesthetic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anthelmintic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiacetylcholinesterase 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antiacne 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiadenomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiallergic 1 J. Food Hyg. Soc. Jap. 33(6): 569.
Antialzheimeran? 1 Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Antiasthmatic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antibacillary 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antibacterial 4 Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994.