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Medicinal
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALPHA-YLANGENE | 0 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ANETHOLE | 36 | Essential Oil | not available | 20000.0 | -1.41 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ANETHOLE | 36 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ANISALDEHYDE | 7 | Essential Oil | not available | 30000.0 | 1.00 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ANISALDEHYDE | 7 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ANISALDEHYDE | 7 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BETA OPLOPENTONE | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BETA-BOURBONENE | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BETA-ELEMENE | 5 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BETA-ELEMENE | 5 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BETA-FARNESENE | 0 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BETA-HUMULENE | 0 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BETA-PINENE | 13 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BETA-PINENE | 13 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CALAMENE | 0 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CARYOPHYLLA-4(14)-8(15)-DIEN-5-ALPHA-OL | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CARYOPHYLLENE | 31 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE | 8 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antipulmonotic | 1 | Tyler, V.E.. 1994. |
| Antipyretic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiradicular | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antisalmonella | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antisarcomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiseptic | 8 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antishock | 2 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
| Antispasmodic | 8 | Fitoterapia No.59-1984. |
| Antistaphylococcic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antistreptococcic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiTGF-beta | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antithromboxane | 1 | Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jul-87. |
| Antithyreotropic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antithyroid | 1 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| AntiTNF | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor | 8 | Zheng, G-Q., Kenney, P.M., and Lam, L.K.T. Sesquiterpenes From Clove (Eugenia caryophyllata) As Potential Anticarcinogenic Agents. Journal of Natural Products 55(7): 999-1003, 1992. |
| Antitumor (Breast) | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Cervix) | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Colon) | 2 | Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46. |
| Antitumor (Gastric) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |