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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
BETA-SITOSTEROL-GLUCOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
BETA-TERPINEOL 3 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BIFLORIN 7 Fruit 70.0 1022.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
BORON 4 Flower 10.0 40.0 -0.01 Duke, 1992 *
BORON 4 Fruit 10.0 40.0 0.00 Duke, 1992 *
CADALENE 0 Leaf 5.0 8.0 not available Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
CALACORENE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CALACORENE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
CALACORENE 0 Leaf 13.0 21.0 0.19 Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
CALAMENENE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CALAMENENE 0 Fruit not available 1265.0 -0.18 Duke, 1992 *
CALAMENENE 0 Leaf not available 210.0 3.87 Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
CALAMENOL 0 Leaf 25.0 35.0 not available Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
CALCIUM 28 Flower 6460.0 9540.0 1.04 Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Fruit 6460.0 9540.0 1.31 Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM-OXALATE 4 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTEROL 2 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTEROL 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTEROL-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTEROL-GLUCOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Antithrombic 1 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
Antitriglyceride 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antitrypanosomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Breast) 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Cervix) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (CNS) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon) 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Gastric) 1 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Ovary) 1 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *