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Melaleuca leucadendra

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 22 constituent measurements for Melaleuca leucadendra. This page reports what those source records contain and how to reach them. It carries no effect estimate, no dose and no recommendation.

Accepted name in source: Melaleuca leucadendra (L.) L.

22Constituent measurements

0Safety records

7Cited sources

1Licensed products (Canada)

Regulatory presence

Health Canada's Licensed Natural Health Products Database holds 1 licensed products naming Melaleuca leucadendra as a medicinal ingredient, matched on the exact Latin binomial. A licence records that a product met the regulator's requirements for sale in Canada. It is not evidence that the product works.

Source material stated

Leaf

What the records describe

Constituents measured

Plant parts

Preparations

Recorded constituents

What analytical work has found in this species, at which plant part and preparation. A measured constituent is a fact about material, not about effect.

Substance	Plant part	Preparation	Concentration	Analytical method	Source
(-)-globulol	Leaves	Essential oil	23.06 Percent	GC-FID-MS	Resolve DOI
(-)-globulol	Leaves	Essential oil	≤ 3.6 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
(-)-globulol	Leaves	Essential oil	≥ 1.28 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
1,4-naphthoquinone	Leaves	Solvent extraction	10.38 Percent	GC-FID-MS	Resolve DOI
1,8-cineole	Leaves	Essential oil	28.87 Percent	GC-FID-MS	Resolve DOI
1,8-cineole	Leaves	Essential oil	≤ 60.19 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
1,8-cineole	Leaves	Essential oil	≥ 44.76 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
2,3-dimethylcolchicine	Wood	Solvent extraction	2.72 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
3,4-dihydroxybenzoic acid	Fruit unspecified	Solvent extraction	—	Standard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography)	Resolve DOI
Beta-selinene	Leaves	Essential oil	≤ 3.51 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Beta-selinene	Leaves	Essential oil	≥ 0.98 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Ellagitannins (hydrolysable tannins)	Fruit unspecified	Solvent extraction	—	Standard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography)	Resolve DOI
Erucic acid	Wood	Solvent extraction	16.95 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Eugenol	Leaves	Solvent extraction	3.36 Percent	GC-FID-MS	Resolve DOI
Eugenol	Leaves	Essential oil	≤ 4.85 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Eugenol	Leaves	Essential oil	≥ 2.68 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Methyleugenol	Leaves	Essential oil	≤ 97.4 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Methyleugenol	Leaves	Essential oil	≥ 8.9 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Methyleugenol	Leaves	Essential oil	96.6 Percent	GC-FID	Resolve DOI
Methylisoeugenol	Leaves	Essential oil	≤ 88.8 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Methylisoeugenol	Leaves	Essential oil	≥ 0.2 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Stilbenes, stilbene derivatives	Fruit unspecified	Solvent extraction	—	Standard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography)	Resolve DOI

Cited sources

The literature the compendium cites for this species. Metatron Health has no relationship with these authors or journals and earns nothing from citing them.

Fall, Rokhaya., Ngom, Saliou., Sall, Dienaba., Sembene, Mbacke., Samb, Abdoulaye. Chemical characterization of essential oil from the leaves of Callistemon viminalis (DR) and Melaleuca leucadendron (Linn.) . Asian pacific journal of tropical biomedicine, 2017, vol. 7, no. 4, p. 347-351. DOI
Pujiarti, Rini., Ohtani, Yoshito., Ichiura, Hideaki. Physicochemical properties and chemical compositions of Melaleuca leucadendron leaf oils taken from the plantations in Java, Indonesia . Journal of wood science, 2011, vol. 57, no. 5, p. 446-451. DOI
Brophy, J.J., Lassak, E.V. Melaleuca leucadendra L. leaf oil:Two phenylpropanoid chemotypes. Flavour and fragrance journal, 1988, vol. 3, no. 1, p. 43-46. DOI
Silva, Cleber J., Barbosa, Luiz C. A., Maltha, Ulia R. A., Pinheiro, Antonio L., Ismail, Fyaz M. D. Comparative study of the essential oils of seven Meialeuca (Myrtaceae) species grown in Brazil. FLAVOUR AND FRAGRANCE JOURNAL, 2007, vol. 22, no. 6, p. 474-478. DOI
Indrayani, Yuliati., Muin, Musrizal., Yoshimura, Tsuyoshi. Crude extracts of two different leaf plant species and their responses against subterranean termite Coptotermes formosanus . Nusantara bioscience, 2016, vol. 8, no. 2, p. 226-231. DOI
Xu, Kaimeng., Feng, Jing., Zhong, Tuhua., Zheng, Zhifeng., Chen, Taian. Effects of volatile chemical components of wood species on mould growth susceptibility and termite attack resistance of wood plastic composites . International biodeterioration & biodegradation, 2015, vol. 100, p. 106-115. DOI
Yoshida, T., Maruyama, T., Nitta, A., Okuda, T. An hydrolysable tannin and accompanying polyphenols from Melaleuca leucadendron . Phytochemistry, 1996, vol. 42, no. 4, p. 1171-1173. DOI

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