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Melaleuca quinquenervia

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 8 constituent measurements for Melaleuca quinquenervia. 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 quinquenervia (Cav.) S.T.Blake

8Constituent measurements

0Safety records

6Cited sources

12Licensed products (Canada)

Regulatory presence

Health Canada's Licensed Natural Health Products Database holds 12 licensed products naming Melaleuca quinquenervia 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
Leaves and twigs
Twigs

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
1,8-cineole	Unspecified	Essential oil	58.3 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
1,8-cineole	Leaves	Essential oil	7.2 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Benzaldehyde	Leaves	Essential oil	≤ 1.32 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Coumarins	Leaves	Solvent extraction	—	Phytochemical screening	Resolve DOI
Myrcene	Leaves	Essential oil	≤ 2.96 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Saponins	Leaves	Solvent extraction	—	Phytochemical screening	Resolve DOI
Tannins	Leaves	Solvent extraction	—	Colorimetry, Spectroscopy (Spectrometry) and Photometry	Resolve DOI
1,8-cineole	Live plants	Essential oil	70.4 Percent	GC-MS	No resolvable identifier

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.

RAMANOELINA, PAR., VIANO, J., BIANCHINI, JP., GAYDOU, EM. OCCURRENCE OF VARIOUS CHEMOTYPES IN NIAOULI (MELALEUCA-QUINQUENERVIA) ESSENTIAL OILS FROM MADAGASCAR USING MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL-ANALYSIS . Journal of agricultural and food chemistry, 1994, vol. 42, no. 5, p. 1177-1182. DOI
Abdel-Alim, M.A., Moharram, F.A., Aboutabl, E.A., El-Tohamy, S.F. Constituents of Melaleuca quinquenervia cav. Grown in Egypt. Journal of Herbs, Spices and Medicinal Plants, 1997, vol. 5, no. 2, p. 29-37. DOI
P�rez-Ros�s, R., Risco, E., Vila, R., Pe�alver, P., Ca�igueral, S. Effect of some essential oils on phagocytosis and complement system activity. Journal of agricultural and food chemistry, 2015, vol. 63, no. 5, p. 1496-1504. DOI
Monti, D., Tampucci, S., Chetoni, P., Burgalassi, S., Bertoli, A., Pistelli, L. Niaouli oils from different sources: Analysis and influence on cutaneous permeation of estradiol in vitro. Drug delivery, 2009, p. 237-242.
Moharram, FA., Marzouk, MS., El-Toumy, SAA., Ahmed, AAE., Aboutabl, EA. Polyphenols of Melaleuca quinquenervia leaves - Pharmacological studies of grandinin. PHYTOTHERAPY RESEARCH, 2003, vol. 17, no. 7, p. 767-773. 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

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