Plant Compounds of Melaleuca leucadendra (Myrtales: Myrtaceae) White paperbark

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Plant Compounds of Melaleuca leucadendra , the White paperbark

Kingdom:	Plantae
Class:	Magnoliopsida
Order:	Myrtales
Family:	Myrtaceae
Genus:	Melaleuca
Author:	Linnaeus

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Compounds:

Brophy 1988

1,4-cadinadiene	0.05 �Relative ratio of the component�	Gympie, Queensland, Australia	leaf
alpha-caryophyllene	0.01 �Relative ratio of the component�
alpha-copaene	0.01 �Relative ratio of the component�
alpha-cubebene	0.01 �Relative ratio of the component�
alpha-gurjunene	0.01 �Relative ratio of the component�
beta-caryophyllene	0.1 �Relative ratio of the component�
bicyclogermacrene	0.04 �Relative ratio of the component�
calamenene	0.32 �Relative ratio of the component�
cis-me-isoeugenol	0.07 �Relative ratio of the component�
delta-cadinene	0.08 �Relative ratio of the component�
delta-elemene	0.01 �Relative ratio of the component�
germacrene D	0.03 �Relative ratio of the component�
linalool	0.01 �Relative ratio of the component�
methyl eugenol	97.4 �Relative ratio of the component�
terpinen-4-ol	1.7 �Relative ratio of the component�
trans-beta-ocimene	0.45 �Relative ratio of the component�
trans-me-isoeugenol	0.2 �Relative ratio of the component�

Brophy 1988

1,4-cadinadiene	0.05 �Relative ratio of the component�	Murganella, Northern Territory, Australia	leaf
alpha-caryophyllene	0.01 �Relative ratio of the component�
alpha-copaene	0.01 �Relative ratio of the component�
alpha-cubebene	0.01 �Relative ratio of the component�
alpha-gurjunene	0.01 �Relative ratio of the component�
beta-caryophyllene	0.02 �Relative ratio of the component�
bicyclogermacrene	0.07 �Relative ratio of the component�
calamenene	0.13 �Relative ratio of the component�
cis-me-isoeugenol	0.34 �Relative ratio of the component�
delta-cadinene	0.05 �Relative ratio of the component�
delta-elemene	0.01 �Relative ratio of the component�
germacrene D	0.07 �Relative ratio of the component�
linalool	0.02 �Relative ratio of the component�
methyl eugenol	8.9 �Relative ratio of the component�
trans-beta-ocimene	0.13 �Relative ratio of the component�
trans-me-isoeugenol	88.8 �Relative ratio of the component�

Reference(s):

Brophy, J.J., and Lassak, E.V. 1988. Melaleuca leucadendra L. leaf oil: two phenylpropanoid chemotypes. Flavour Fragr. J. 3(1):43-46.

Citation: El-Sayed AM 2025. The Pherobase: Database of Pheromones and Semiochemicals. <http://www.pherobase.com>.
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