Utilization of Melaleuca leucadendron Essential Oil

Rini Pujiarti (Department of Forest Product Technology Faculty of Forestry, Gadjah Mada University Jl. Agro No. 01, Bulaksumur, Yogyakarta, 55281)
Yoshito Ohtani (Department of Forest Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Kochi University. B-200 Monobe, Nankoku, Kochi 783-8502)
Titis Budi Widowati (Department of Forest Product Technology Faculty of Forestry, Gadjah Mada University Jl. Agro No. 01, Bulaksumur, Yogyakarta, 55281)
Kasmudjo Kasmudjo (Department of Forest Product Technology Faculty of Forestry, Gadjah Mada University Jl. Agro No. 01, Bulaksumur, Yogyakarta, 55281)

Wood Research Journal : Journal of Indonesian Wood Research Society
Vol 2, No 2 (2011): Wood Research Journal

The chemical composition, antioxidant, antifungal, and physiological effects of commercial Melaleuca leucadendron LINN. (Kayu Putih) oil from Sukun, East Java, Indonesia was investigated in this study. GC-MS analysis showed the majority compounds of this oil are mixtures of monoterpenes and sesquiterpenes, which 1,8-cineole (53.90%) was the most abundant compound in this oil. In vitro antioxidant assay showed this essential oil possessed antioxidant activity (IC50: 4.24mg/ml). In vitro antifungal assay showed relatively strong antifungal activity of this oil against plant pathogenic fungi of F. oxysporum (IC50: 0.44mg/ml), T. cucumeris (IC50: 0.97mg/ml) and R. oryzae (IC50: 7.71mg/ml). The investigation on the effect of the odor of M. leucadendron oil in this study also showed functional fragrance of this oil for human physiological behavior controlling.