Journal of Medicinal Materials - Hanoi  2003;1():18-21

Different Chemotypes of Melaleuca alternifolia Cheel grown from seeds in Vietnam

Nguyen Van Nghi

Keywords

Melaleuca alternifolia Cheel grown

Country

Viet Nam

Language

Vietnamese

Abstract

Melaleuca alternifolia Cheel was acclimatized from Australia to grow in Vietnam. Samples were collected from various provinces, and the analysis of M. alternifolia Cheel was performed by means of gas chromatography-mass spectrometry to afford four different chemotypes with terpinene-4-ol (34.08-40.44%), terpinelene (39.47-60.34%), 1,8-cineole (71.23-77.54%) and terpinolene (34.89-38.30%) plus 1,8-cineole (30.84-35.26%) respectively as main components of the essential oil