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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Melaleuca leucadendra (Myrtaceae)

Common Names
Cajeput
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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Chemical Name 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 1300.0 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Plant *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Essential Oil Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
AZULENE 10 Essential Oil Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
BENZALDEHYDE 24 Essential Oil *
BETULIN 13 Bark *
BETULINIC-ACID 22 Bark List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CAJEPUTOL 0 Essential Oil 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 *
DIPENTENE 7 Plant *
EO 0 Leaf 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 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 *
FRIEDELIN 2 Plant *
GALLIC-ACID 62 Plant *
ISOQUERCITRIN 22 Plant *
ISOVALERIC-ACID 5 Plant *
KAEMPFEROL 75 Plant *
KAEMPFEROL-3-0-GLUCOSIDE 0 Plant *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Ozone-Scavenger 1 *
P450-2B1-Inhibitor 1 *
P450-Inducer 1 *
PAF-Inhibitor 1 *
Perfumery 5 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Peristaltic 1 *
Pesticide 12 *
Phagocytotic 1 *
Phospholipase-A2-Inhibitor 1 *
Photosensitizer 1 Rinzler, C. A. 1990. The Complete Book of Herbs, Spices and Condiments. Facts on File, New York. 199 pp.
Piscicide 2 *
Potassium-Sparing 1 Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor 3 Huang, C., Tunon, H., Bohlin, L. 1995. Anti-Inflammatory Compounds Isolated from Menyanthes trifoliata L. Yao Hsueh Hsueh Pao, 30(8): 621-626.
Protease-Inhibitor 1 *
Protisticide 2 Chemical Express, 7: 285, 1992.
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer 2 *
Sedative 7 Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
Sodium-Sparing 1 Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.
Spasmogenic 1 *
Styptic 1 *