Tea Tree Essential Oil

Tea tree oil is a generic name, and is variously used for the essential oil derived from the several melaleuca species. The oil is a colourless to pale yellow, clear mobile liquid which has a sharp camphoraceous odour followed by a menthol-like cooling sensation. 

Tea tree essential oil has good antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, antiviral and anti-candida traits. At a 5% concentration the oils were found viable for use in antiseptics and disinfectants.

Tea tree essential oil has immense biological activities; it modifies the membrane of fungi, which shows its antifungal ability (indicated for Candida spp). When used against invasive fungal wound infections (IFIs) the oil is very effective as it inhibits growth of filamentous fungi, with very high efficacy rates when 100% concentrate is used within 15 minutes of exposure.