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Common Names
Clove; Clovetree
How this plant is used
Food
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Bark | 555000.0 | 612000.0 | -1.35 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| CARVONE | 19 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARYOPHYLLA-3(12)-6-DIEN-4-OL | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARYOPHYLLA-3(12)-7(13)-DIEN-6-ALPHA-OL | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARYOPHYLLA-3(8)-13-DIEN-5-ALPHA-OL | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARYOPHYLLA-3-8(13)-DIEN-5-BETA-OL | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARYOPHYLLA-4(12)-8(13)-DIEN-5-BETA-OL | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARYOPHYLLENE | 31 | Essential Oil | not available | 16000.0 | -0.47 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARYOPHYLLENE | 31 | Flower | 74400.0 | 8160.0 | 1.41 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARYOPHYLLENE | 31 | Fruit | 7440.0 | 8160.0 | -0.15 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE | 8 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE | 8 | Fruit | not available | 2455.0 | 1.40 | Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp. |
| CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE | 8 | Leaf | 75.0 | 712.0 | 2.64 | Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp. |
| CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE | 8 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARYOPHYLLINE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CASUARICTIN | 5 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CASUARICTIN | 5 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| CASUARIIN | 0 | Leaf | not available | 9.7 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHAVICOL | 3 | Flower | 465.0 | 510.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHAVICOL | 3 | Fruit | 465.0 | 510.0 | -0.45 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antinociceptive | 5 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antinyctalopic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiobesity | 5 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiodontalgic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antionychyotic | 1 | Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp. |
| Antiophidic | 3 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363. |
| Antiorchitic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiosteoarthritic | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiosteoporotic | 9 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiosteosclerotic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiototic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antioxidant | 27 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiozenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antipancreatitic | 1 | Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY. |
| Antipapillomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiparkinsonian | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiparotitic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antipellagric | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antipeptic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiperiodontal | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |