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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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
1,2,3,4,6-PENTA-O-GALLOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE 2 Leaf 33.7 *
1,2,3,6-TETRA-O-GALLYOL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE 2 Leaf 49.7 *
1-BETA-O-GALLOYLPEDUNCULAGIN 0 Leaf 114.5 *
1-DEGALLOYL-EUGENIIN 0 Leaf 12175.0 1.00 *
10-(ALPHA)-CADINOL 0 Flower *
10-(ALPHA)-CADINOL 0 Fruit Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
2-3-DI-O-GALLOYL-GLUCOSE 0 Leaf 214.5 *
2-3-HEXAHYDROXY-DIPHENOYL-GLUCOSE 0 Leaf *
2-HEPTANOL 0 Flower *
2-HEPTANOL 0 Fruit Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
2-HEPTANONE 0 Plant *
2-HEPTYL-ACETATE 0 Flower *
2-HEPTYL-ACETATE 0 Fruit Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
2-HEPTYL-BENZOATE 0 Flower *
2-HEPTYL-BENZOATE 0 Fruit Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
2-NONANOL 0 Plant *
2-NONANONE 2 Flower 1.0 *
2-NONANONE 2 Fruit 1.0 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
2-NONYL-ACETATE 0 Flower 1.0 *
2-NONYL-ACETATE 0 Fruit 1.0 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Anorexic 1 Martindale's 28th
Anthelmintic 2 *
Antiacetylcholinesterase 3 *
Antiacne 7 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodermatitic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiadenomic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antiadenovirus 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194.
Antiadrenalinic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiaflatoxin 5 *
AntiAGE 2 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiaggregant 11 *
Antiaging 5 *
Antiakathisic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic 4 Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antiallergenic 2 Dorsch, W., Wagner, H. New Antiasthmatic Drugs from Traditional Medicine? Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 94: 262-265, 1991.
Antiallergic 9 *
Antialopecic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antialzheimeran 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antialzheimeran? 1 L. Gracza (1985) as cited by Buchbauer re antiacetylcholinesterase.
Antianaphylactic 4 *