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

Common Names

Clove; Clovetree

How this plant is used

Food

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
CHROMIUM	24	Flower	3.0	5.0	0.99	Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM	24	Fruit	3.0	5.0	0.19	Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMALDEHYDE	60	Flower	not available	1.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMALDEHYDE	60	Fruit	not available	1.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CIS-ISOEUGENOL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COBALT	2	Flower	not available	0.7	-0.51	Duke, 1992 *
COBALT	2	Fruit	not available	0.7	-0.45	Duke, 1992 *
CONIFERALDEHYDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CONIFERALDEHYDE	0	Stem	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COPPER	12	Flower	3.0	9.0	-0.84	Duke, 1992 *
COPPER	12	Fruit	3.0	9.0	-0.30	Duke, 1992 *
CORNUS-TANNIN-2	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CRATAEGOLIC ACID METHYL ESTER	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
CRATAEGOLIC-ACID	0	Flower	not available	6.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CRATAEGOLIC-ACID	0	Fruit	6.0	1500.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CRATEGOLIC-ACID	2	Seed	not available	20.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CUBENENE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CUBENOL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
CUMINALDEHYDE	10	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DAUCOSTEROL	5	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Abortifacient	2	Duke, 1992 *
Acaricide	6	Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor	6	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	15	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
Amphiglycemic?	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analgesic	11	Duke, 1992 *
Anaphrodisiac	1	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic?	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anesthetic	7	Duke, 1992 *
Angiogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker	3	Duke, 1992 *