Plant Syzygium aromaticum (Myrtaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Clove; Clovetree

How this plant is used

Food

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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
FIBER	15	Flower	95000.0	100000.0	-0.39	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Fruit	95000.0	100000.0	-0.39	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
FLUORIDE	3	Fruit	not available	2.4	0.51	Duke, 1992 *
FURALDEHYDE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FURFURAL	6	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FURFURYL-ALCOHOL	1	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FURFURYL-ALCOHOL	1	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
GALLIC ACID 3-O-BETA-D-(6'-O-GALLOYL)-GLUCOSIDE	0	Leaf	not available	2.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GALLIC-ACID	62	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GALLIC-ACID	62	Fruit	285.0	12600.0	-0.44	Duke, 1992 *
GALLOTANNIC-ACID	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
GALLOTANNIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-CADINENE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-CADINENE	0	Leaf	25.0	160.0	1.31	Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
GAMMA-CARYOPHYLLENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-DECALACTONE	3	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-MUUROLENE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-MUUROLENE	0	Leaf	11.0	18.0	-0.66	Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
GEMIN-D	1	Leaf	1125.0	1175.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GERANIAL	13	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
Antitumor (Skin)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Stomach)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter	7	Yasukawa, K., Takido, M., Takeuchi, M., Sato, Y., Nitta, K., and Nakagawa, S. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Flavonol Glycosides on 12-O-Tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate-Induced Tumor Promotion. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(3): 774-776, 1990.
Antitussive	2	Chin. J. Tuber. Respir. Dis.
Antiulcer	13	Yamahara, J., et al. Stomachic principles in ginger. II. Pungent and anti-ulcer effects of low polar constituents isolated from ginger, the dried rhizoma of... Yakugaku Zasshi 112: 645-655 (1992).
Antiurease	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiuricosuric	1	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Antivaginitic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiviral	21	Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral?	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiwrinkle	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antixerophthalmic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiyeast	3	Duke, 1992 *
Anxiolytic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Apifuge	1	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Apoptotic	7	Duke, 1992 *
Aromatase-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
Artemicide	2	Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990.
Asthma-preventive	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Astringent	3	Martindale's 29th