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Plant Melaleuca leucadendra (Myrtaceae)

Common Names
Cajeput
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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Chemical Name Sort descending Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
3,5-DIMETHYL-4,6-DI-O-METHYLPHLORACETOPHENONE 0 Leaf not available 1300.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Leaf not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Essential Oil not available not available not available Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
AZULENE 10 Essential Oil not available not available not available Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
BENZALDEHYDE 24 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETULIN 13 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETULINIC-ACID 22 Bark not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CAJEPUTOL 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CINEOLE 0 Leaf 1820.0 8450.0 0.64 Duke, 1992 *
DIPENTENE 7 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Leaf not available 13000.0 0.13 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
EO 0 Twig not available 13000.0 1.65 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
EPITARAXERY-ACETATE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FRIEDELIN 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GALLIC-ACID 62 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOQUERCITRIN 22 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOVALERIC-ACID 5 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL 75 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-0-GLUCOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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