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• Oil of Cajuput:
• It is a volatile oil…Melaleuca (Fam. Myrtaceae).
• (methyl eugenol- methyl iso-eugenol- elemicin)
• There is three chemical races of Melaleuca

bracteata producing volatile oil.
• One race containing chiefly ... methyl eugenol
• Second race containing chiefly …methyl iso-

eugenol.
• Third race containing chiefly ... elemicin.

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