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Plant Melaleuca leucadendra (Myrtaceae)

Common Names
Cajeput
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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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
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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiplaque 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiplasmodial 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antipneumonic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipolio 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194.
Antiproliferant 2 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antiproliferative 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiproteolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipyretic 1 HerbalGram No. 20, page 40.
Antiradicular 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antisarcomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiseptic 9 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiserotonin 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antispasmodic 6 Fitoterapia No.59-1984.
Antistaphylococcic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antistreptococcic 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiTGF-beta 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antithromboxane 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitrypanosomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor 9 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (brain) 1 Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46.