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
PROTEIN	0	Fruit	52000.0	70000.0	-0.53	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
PTEROCARININ A	0	Leaf	not available	21.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN	176	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
QUERCETIN-3,4'-DI-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCITRIN-3,4'-DI-O-GLYCOSIDE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RESIN	0	Plant	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.
RHAMNETIN	18	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RHAMNETIN	18	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RHAMNOCITRIN	7	Fruit	not available	50.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Flower	1.0	2.0	-0.99	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Fruit	1.0	2.0	-0.64	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
RUGOSIN-A	1	Leaf	not available	16.2	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RUGOSIN-D	8	Leaf	not available	1925.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RUGOSIN-E	2	Leaf	not available	975.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SALICYLATES	7	Fruit	6.0	60.0	-0.16	Duke, 1992 *
SALICYLIC ACID BENZYL ESTER	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Flower	200.0	3250.0	1.29	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Fruit	200.0	3250.0	0.12	Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC ACID METHYL ESTER	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STIGMASTEROL	12	Fruit	not available	140.0	0.77	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