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Melaleuca Alternifolia (Tea Tree) Leaf Extract

A fragrant tea tree leaf extract with antimicrobial, antiseptic, and antioxidant flavonoids and terpenoids.
Functions
Fragrance
Fragrance
Fragrance ingredients add scent to a product or hide ('mask') the undesired aroma of other ingredients.
Fragrance
Fragrance
Fragrance ingredients add scent to a product or hide ('mask') the undesired aroma of other ingredients.
Origin
Botanical
Botanical
Ingredients derived from plants, mosses, and lichens: extracts, oils, powders, juices and other types of processed plant materials.
Botanical
Botanical
Ingredients derived from plants, mosses, and lichens: extracts, oils, powders, juices and other types of processed plant materials.
Melaleuca Alternifolia (Tea Tree) Leaf Extract
Overview Science Products

Overview

Melaleuca alternifolia leaf extract is made from the whole fragrant leaves of the Melaleuca alternifolia, or Tea Tree.

It contains a significant amount of tea tree essential oil and gives the cosmetic formulation a fresh tea tree scent.

Other than that, the leaves are also a source of flavonoids and terpenoids, which have antimicrobial, antiseptic, and antioxidant properties..

Find out more about tea tree essential oil here: Melaleuca Alternifolia (Tea Tree) Leaf Oil.

Science

1
Yang, J.-Y. et al. (2020). Monoterpenoid glycoside derivatives from Melaleuca alternifolia. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, 92, 104091.

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