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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
2-UNDECANONE 4 Flower *
2-UNDECANONE 4 Fruit Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
2ALPHA-HYDROXYOLEANOLIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
3'-O-METHYL-3-4-METHYLENEDIOXY-ELLAGIC ACID 0 Bark Lowry, J. B. 1968. The Distribution and Potential Taxonomic Value of Alkylated Ellagic Acids. Phytochemistry 7 10: 1803-1813
3,3',4-TRI-O-METHYL-ELLAGIC-ACID 3 Bark Lowry, J. B. 1968. The Distribution and Potential Taxonomic Value of Alkylated Ellagic Acids. Phytochemistry 7 10: 1803-1813
3,3',4-TRI-O-METHYL-ELLAGIC-ACID 3 Fruit *
3,3'-DI-O-METHYL-ELLAGIC-ACID 0 Bark Lowry, J. B. 1968. The Distribution and Potential Taxonomic Value of Alkylated Ellagic Acids. Phytochemistry 7 10: 1803-1813
3,4-DIHYDROXYBENZOIC-ACID 3 Leaf *
3,4-DIHYDROXYPHENYLETHANOL 1 Leaf *
3-METHOXYBENZALDEHYDE 0 Fruit *
4,4-DIMETHYLTRICYCLO[6,3,2,0]TRIDECA-8-ENE-1-OL 0 Essential Oil *
5,7-DIHYDROXY-2-METHYLCHROMONE-8-C-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Fruit 143.0 *
5,7-DIHYDROXY-2-METHYLCHROMONE-8-C-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf 66.0 *
5,7-DIHYDROXY-2-METHYLCHROMONE-8-C-BETA-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 6 Fruit 145.0 *
5-METHYLFURALDEHYDE 0 Fruit *
6-METHYL-HEPT-5-EN-2-ONE 0 Fruit *
ACETOPHENONE 6 Fruit *
ACETYL-EUGENOL 5 Flower *
ACETYL-EUGENOL 5 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.
ALLO-AROMADENDRENE 0 Leaf Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
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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 *