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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
METHYL-FURFURYL-ALCOHOL 0 Plant *
METHYL-N-AMYLKETONE 2 Flower *
METHYL-N-AMYLKETONE 2 Fruit Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
METHYL-N-HEPTYL-KETONE 0 Flower *
METHYL-N-HEPTYL-KETONE 0 Fruit Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
METHYL-OCTANOATE 0 Plant *
METHYL-SALICYLATE 21 Flower *
METHYL-SALICYLATE 21 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.
MUCILAGE 3 Plant *
MYRICETIN 34 Fruit 20.0 1.80 *
MYRICETIN 34 Leaf *
NAPHTHALENE 1 Essential Oil 1000.0 -1.00 *
NAPHTHALENE 1 Flower *
NAPHTHALENE 1 Fruit 0.0 *
NAPHTHALENE 1 Leaf Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
NAPHTHALENE 1 Stem Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
NICKEL 3 Flower 2.4 -1.00 *
NICKEL 3 Fruit 2.4 -0.05 *
NONAN-2-ONE 0 Fruit *
OCTAN-2-ONE 0 Fruit *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antithrombic 1 *
Antithromboxane 1 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jul-87.
Antithyroid 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitinnitic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
AntiTNF 2 *
Antitriglyceride 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antitrypanosomic 1 *
Antitumor 22 Zheng, G-Q., Kenney, P.M., and Lam, L.K.T. Sesquiterpenes From Clove (Eugenia caryophyllata) As Potential Anticarcinogenic Agents. Journal of Natural Products 55(7): 999-1003, 1992.
Antitumor (Bladder) 1 *
Antitumor (Breast) 4 *
Antitumor (Cervix) 1 *
Antitumor (CNS) 1 *
Antitumor (Colon) 4 *
Antitumor (Gastric) 1 *
Antitumor (Kidney) 1 Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46.
Antitumor (Lung) 5 *
Antitumor (Ovary) 1 *
Antitumor (Pancreas) 1 Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46.
Antitumor (Prostate) 1 *