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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Melaleuca linariifolia (Myrtaceae)

Common Names
Paperbark Tea_tree

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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
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Leaf 150.0 400.0 -0.20 Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Leaf Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
ALPHA-TERPININE 0 Leaf Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
ALPHA-THUJENE 0 Leaf 150.0 200.0 1.39 Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
AROMADENDRENE 3 Leaf Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
BETA-PINENE 13 Leaf 150.0 200.0 -0.13 Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
CINEOLE 0 Leaf 600.0 12300.0 1.37 Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
DIPENTENE 7 Leaf Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
EO 0 Leaf 15000.0 20000.0 0.74 Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
GAMMA-TERPINENE 11 Leaf Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
MELALILOL 0 Leaf Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
MYRCENE 22 Leaf 150.0 200.0 -0.10 Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
NAPHATHLYLURETHANE 0 Leaf Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
P-CYMENE 16 Leaf 150.0 200.0 -0.23 Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
PHENOLS 0 Leaf 15.0 40.0 -0.44 Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
PHENYLURETHANE 0 Leaf Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
SESQUITERPENES 0 Leaf 900.0 1200.0 1.00 Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
TERPENES 0 Leaf 6750.0 9000.0 1.00 Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
TERPINEN-4-OL 23 Leaf 5550.0 7400.0 3.89 Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
TERPINOLENE 9 Leaf 600.0 750.0 0.72 Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Acaricide 1 *
ACE-Inhibitor 3 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 3 Okamura, K., Iwakami, S., Matsunaga, T. 1992. Biological Activity of Monoterpenes from Trees. Toyama-Ken Yakuji Kenkyusho Nenpo, (20): 95-101.
Allelochemic 2 *
Allelopathic 2 Wright,C.W.(Ed)2002.Medicinal&Aromatic Plants-Industrial Profiles.Artemisia.344pp.Maffei,M.(Ed)2002.Vetiveria.The Genus Vetiveria.Taylor&Francis.NY,NY.191pp.Southwell,I.,Lowe,R.(Eds)1999.Tea Tree.The Genus Melaleuca.Harwood Acad.Pub.Amsterdam,Netherlands.
Allergenic 4 *
Analgesic 2 Kauderer, B., Zamith, H., Paumgartten, F.J.R., and Speit, G. Evaluation of the Mutagenicity of B-Myrcene in Mammalian Cells In Vitro. Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis 18: 28-34, 1991.
Antiacetylcholinesterase 3 *
Antiacne 3 *
Antiallergic 1 *
Antiasthmatic 1 Chin. J. Tuber. Respir. Dis., 4:203, 1982.
Antibacillary 1 *
Antibacterial 6 *
Anticancer 1 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Anticariogenic 1 Muroi, H. and Kubo, I. 1993. Combination Effects of Antibacterial Compounds in Green Tea Flavor against Streptococcus mutans. J. Agric. Food Chem. 41: 1102-1105.
Anticonvulsant 1 *
Antifeedant 3 *
Antiflu 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 195.
Antiinflammatory 3 *
Antimutagenic 1 Kauderer, B., Zamith, H., Paumgartten, F.J.R., and Speit, G. Evaluation of the Mutagenicity of B-Myrcene in Mammalian Cells In Vitro. Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis 18: 28-34, 1991.