Indian Tea Tree (Melaleuca alternifolia Cheel) Essential Oil

✍ Scribed by J. Verghese; C. V. Jacob; C. V. Kunjunni Kartha; Moya McCarron; Allan J. Mills; D. Whittaker

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1996
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 182 KB
• Volume: 11
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0882-5734
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1026(199607)11:4<219::aid-ffj571>3.0.co;2-i

✦ Synopsis

The composition of the essential oil distilled from freshly cut leaves and branchlets of the tea tree (Melaleuca alternifolia Cheel) grown in India was analysed by GC and GC-MS and the results compared with those of oils of Australian origin. Terpinen-4-ol and l$-cineole amounted to 36.4 and 5.6% respectively in the oil, an inverse relationship which is the crucial parameter recommended by the Standards Association of Australia for oil of Melaleuca altemifolia.