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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Syzygium aromaticum (Myrtaceae)

Common Names
Clove; Clovetree
How this plant is used
Food
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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ALPHA-AMORPHENE 0 Flower 1.0 *
ALPHA-AMORPHENE 0 Fruit 1.0 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALPHA-CADINENE 0 Flower *
ALPHA-CADINENE 0 Fruit Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALPHA-CADINOL 3 Leaf 5.0 8.0 -0.55 Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
ALPHA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Flower *
ALPHA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Fruit Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
ALPHA-COPAENE 0 Flower *
ALPHA-COPAENE 0 Fruit 1890.0 1.88 *
ALPHA-COPAENE 0 Leaf 1135.0 6.40 Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
ALPHA-CUBEBENE 0 Flower *
ALPHA-CUBEBENE 0 Fruit 37800.0 2.08 *
ALPHA-CUBEBENE 0 Leaf 25.0 305.0 1.72 Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
ALPHA-HUMULENE 2 Essential Oil 30000.0 -0.21 *
ALPHA-HUMULENE 2 Flower 775.0 850.0 1.88 *
ALPHA-HUMULENE 2 Fruit 250.0 850.0 -0.17 *
ALPHA-HUMULENE 2 Leaf 290.0 1740.0 2.49 Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
ALPHA-HUMULENE-EPOXIDE 1 Essential Oil 26000.0 *
ALPHA-METHYL-FURFURYL 0 Fruit Wealth of India.
ALPHA-METHYL-FURFURYL 0 Plant *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 2 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 2 *
Abortifacient 2 *
Acaricide 6 *
ACE-Inhibitor 6 *
Acidulant 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Adrenergic 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 15 *
Allelochemic 4 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allelopathic 2 Wright,C.W.(Ed)2002.Medicinal&Aromatic Plants-Industrial Profiles.Artemisia.344pp.Maffei,M.(Ed)2002.Vetiveria.The Genus Vetiveria.Taylor&Francis.NY,NY.191pp.Southwell,I.,Lowe,R.(Eds)1999.Tea Tree.The Genus Melaleuca.Harwood Acad.Pub.Amsterdam,Netherlands.
Allergenic 14 *
Amphiglycemic? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analgesic 11 *
Anaphrodisiac 1 *
Androgenic 2 *
Androgenic? 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anesthetic 7 *
Angiogenic 1 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 3 *