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

Common Names

Cajeput

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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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
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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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Teratologic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Termiticide	2	Duke, 1992 *
TNF-alpha-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
TOPO-2-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor	2	Santti, R., Makela, S., Strauss, L., Korman, J., Kostian, M. L. 1998. Phytoestrogens: Potential Endocrine Disruptors in Males. Toxicol Ind Health, 14: 223-237.
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor	3	Constantinou, A., Mehta, R., Runyan, C., Rao, K., Vaughan, A., Moon, R. 1995. Flavonoids as DNA Topoisomerase Antagonists and Poisons: Structure-Activity Relationships. J Natural Products, 58: 217-225.
Tranquilizer	2	Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jun-90.
Transdermal	3	Duke, 1992 *
Trypanocide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Uterotonic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Uterotrophic	1	Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 227.1999.
Vasodilator	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vasopressor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary	1	Duke, 1992 *
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor	1	Hatano, T., Yasuhara, T., Yoshihara, R., Agata, I., Noro, T., and Okuda, T. 1989. Effects of Interaction of Tannins with Co-existing Substances.VII. Inhibitory Effects of Tannins Related Polyphenols on Xanthine Oxidase. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(5): 1224-1229