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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
EUGENIIN 5 Leaf not available 8950.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
EUGENINE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EUGENINE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
EUGENITINE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EUGENITINE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
EUGENOL 76 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL 76 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL 76 Essential Oil 61000.0 627000.0 1.06 Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL 76 Flower 108655.0 180000.0 2.65 Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL 76 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL 76 Leaf 7920.0 26400.0 2.29 Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL 76 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL 76 Stem 36000.0 57000.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL-4-O-BETA-D(6'-O-GALLOYL)-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf not available 215.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL-ACETATE 1 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL-ACETATE 1 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EUGENYL-ACETATE 6 Fruit not available 56700.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Flower 89000.0 201000.0 2.26 Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Fruit 89000.0 201000.0 0.89 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
FENCHONE 6 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
Antisarcomic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiscorbutic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiseptic 23 Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
Antiserotonin 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antishingles 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antishock 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antisickling 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antisilicotic 1 Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Antispare-Tire 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
Antispasmodic 14 Duke, 1992 *
Antispasmophilic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antistaphylococcic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antistomatitic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antistreptococcic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antistress 4 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antistroke 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
Antisyndrome-X 5 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
Antitartar 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiTGF-beta 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antithiamin 1 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 69.