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Plant Syzygium aromaticum (Myrtaceae)

Common Names
Clove; Clovetree
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
TRANS-ISOEUGENOL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VALONEIC ACID BISLACTONE 0 Leaf not available 180.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
VANILLIN 28 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VANILLIN 28 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
WATER 0 Flower 69000.0 252000.0 -3.65 Duke, 1992 *
WATER 0 Fruit 69000.0 252000.0 -2.25 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
XYLOSE 3 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ZINC 77 Flower 10.0 30.0 -0.18 Duke, 1992 *
ZINC 77 Fruit 10.0 30.0 -0.01 Duke, 1992 *
ZONARENE 0 Flower not available 1.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ZONARENE 0 Fruit not available 1.0 not available 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
Antiproliferative 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostaglandin 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostanoid 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatadenomic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antiprostatitic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiproteolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipruritic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipseudomonic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipsoriac 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipyretic 6 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiradicular 15 Duke, 1992 *
AntiRaynaud's 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antirenitic 1 Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
Antiretinopathic 1 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
Antiretinotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antirheumatalgic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antirheumatic 4 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antirhinitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antisalmonella 2 Duke, 1992 *