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Common Names
Clove; Clovetree
How this plant is used
Food
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Bark | 555000.0 | 612000.0 | -1.35 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| CARVONE | 19 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARYOPHYLLA-3(12)-6-DIEN-4-OL | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARYOPHYLLA-3(12)-7(13)-DIEN-6-ALPHA-OL | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARYOPHYLLA-3(8)-13-DIEN-5-ALPHA-OL | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARYOPHYLLA-3-8(13)-DIEN-5-BETA-OL | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARYOPHYLLA-4(12)-8(13)-DIEN-5-BETA-OL | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARYOPHYLLENE | 31 | Essential Oil | not available | 16000.0 | -0.47 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARYOPHYLLENE | 31 | Flower | 74400.0 | 8160.0 | 1.41 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARYOPHYLLENE | 31 | Fruit | 7440.0 | 8160.0 | -0.15 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE | 8 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE | 8 | Fruit | not available | 2455.0 | 1.40 | Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp. |
| CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE | 8 | Leaf | 75.0 | 712.0 | 2.64 | Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp. |
| CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE | 8 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARYOPHYLLINE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CASUARICTIN | 5 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CASUARICTIN | 5 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| CASUARIIN | 0 | Leaf | not available | 9.7 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHAVICOL | 3 | Flower | 465.0 | 510.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHAVICOL | 3 | Fruit | 465.0 | 510.0 | -0.45 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| 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 |