Melaleuca alternifolia (Tea Tree) Oil: a Review of Antimicrobial and Other Medicinal Properties

By C. Carson, K. Hammer, T. Riley. Clinical Microbiology Reviews, 2006

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SUMMARY Complementary and alternative medicines such as tea tree (melaleuca) oil have become increasingly popular in recent decades. This essential oil has been used for almost 100 years in Australia but is now available worldwide both as neat oil and as an active component in an array of products. The primary uses of tea tree oil have historically capitalized on the antiseptic and anti-inflammatory actions of the oil. This review summarizes recent developments in our understanding of the antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory activities of the oil and its components, as well as clinical efficacy. Specific mechanisms of antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory action are reviewed, and the toxicity of the oil is briefly discussed.

Subfields: Food Science, Molecular Biology, Plant Science

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Citations in the corpus

• Pharmaceutical and therapeutic Potentials of essential oils and their individual volatile constituents: a review (2007, background): “For the safe use of tea tree essential oil as antibacterial agent for animals or humans, the potential toxicity should be taken into consideration (Carson et al., 2006; Hammer et al., 2005; Carson and Riley, 1995).”
• A Contemporary Introduction to Essential Oils: Chemistry, Bioactivity and Prospects for Australian Agriculture (2015, background): “Another essential oil worth mentioning here, because of its long history in Australia, is from the Western Australian species, Boronia megastigma Bartl.”
• Alternatives to antibiotic growth promoters in prevention of diarrhoea in weaned piglets: a review. (2018, background): “, 2004), oregano, cloves, cinnamon (Carson et al., 2006) and juniper (Pepeljnjak et al.”
• Essential Oils and Antifungal Activity (2017, background): “albicans biofilms as well as in inhibiting their formation [99,100].”