Tea Tree Oil (Melaleuca alternifolia)

References

Citations

1. Murray MT, Pizzorno JE (2006). Melaleuca alternifolia (tea tree). In JE Pizzorno Jr, MT Murray, eds., Textbook of Natural Medicine, 3rd ed., vol.1, pp. 1053–1056. St. Louis: Churchill Livingstone Elsevier.

2. Buck DS, et al. (1994). Comparison of two topical preparations for the treatment of onychomycosis: Melaleuca alternifolia (tea tree) oil and clotrimazole. Journal of Family Practice, 38(6): 601–605.

3. Henley DV, et al. (2007). Prepubertal gynecomastia linked to lavender and tea tree oils. New England Journal of Medicine, 356(5): 479–485.

Other Works Consulted

• Tea tree oil (2004). In A DerMarderosian et al., eds., Review of Natural Products. St. Louis: Wolters Kluwer Health.

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