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tea tree oil
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An essential oil consisting of approximately one hundred hydrocarbon and terpenoid components obtained by steam distillation from the leaves and terminal branchlets of the tea tree, Melaleuca alternifolia; the yield of oil is typically 1-2% of wet plant material weight. The main components are 4-terpineol (40%), gamma-terpinene (23%), alpha-terpinene (10%), 1,8-cineole (5%), terpinolene (3%), and p-cymene (3%).
Term info
Label
tea tree oil
Subsets
3_STAR
has obo namespace
chebi_ontology
has related synonym
extract from tea tree, Melaleuca extract, tea tree extract, Melaleuca alternifolia extract, extract from Melaleuca alternifolia, Melaleuca oil, Melaleuca alternifolia oil, TTO
id
CHEBI:83629
Term relations
Subclass of:
- essential oil
- has part some gamma-terpinene
- has part some 4-terpineol
- has part some alpha-terpinene
- has part some 1,8-cineole
- has part some terpinolene
- has role some antiseptic drug
- has role some antibacterial agent
- has role some antifungal agent
- has part some p-cymene