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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALPHA-MUUROLENE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-MUUROLENE | 0 | Leaf | 3.3 | 5.5 | -0.51 | Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp. |
| ALPHA-MUUROLENE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-TERPINEOL | 23 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-TERPINYL-ACETATE | 0 | Flower | 155.0 | 170.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-TERPINYL-ACETATE | 0 | Fruit | 155.0 | 170.0 | -0.70 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| ALPHA-THUJENE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-YLANGENE | 0 | Fruit | 245.0 | 395.0 | 1.41 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-YLANGENE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-ZINGIBERENE | 1 | Leaf | 11.0 | 18.0 | 1.00 | Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp. |
| ALUMINUM | 5 | Flower | 80.0 | 160.0 | 1.08 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALUMINUM | 5 | Fruit | 80.0 | 160.0 | -0.18 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| ARABINOSE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASCORBIC-ACID | 112 | Bark | not available | 810.0 | 1.98 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| ASTRAGALIN | 7 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BARIUM | 0 | Flower | 20.0 | 30.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BARIUM | 0 | Fruit | 20.0 | 30.0 | 0.24 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| BENZALDEHYDE | 24 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BENZALDEHYDE | 24 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BENZOIC ACID BENZYL ESTER | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| ATPase-Inhibitor | 1 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| Bacteriostatic | 1 | Chin. J. Tuber. Respir. Dis. |
| Bacteristat | 4 | Lamikanra, A., Ogundaini, A.O., and Ogungbamila*, F.O. Antibacterial Constituents of Alchornea cordifolia Leaves. Phytotherapy Research 4(5): 198. |
| Barbituate-Synergist | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker | 5 | Zhu, M., Phillipson, J. D., Greengrass, P. M., Bowery, N. E., Cai, Y. 1997. Plant Polyphenols: Biologically Active Compounds or Non-Selective Binders to Protein? Phytochemistry, 44(3): 441-447. |
| Beta-Blocker | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Bradycardiac | 1 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
| Bronchodilator | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Bronchorelaxant | 1 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
| Calcium-Antagonist | 8 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Calcium-Channel-Blocker | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Calmodulin-Antagonist | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| cAMP-Inhibitor | 1 | Schussler, M., Fricke, U., Nikolov, N., and Holzl, J. 1991. Comparison of the Flavonoids Occurring in Crataegus species and Inhibition of 3',5'-Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate Phosphodiesterase. Plant Medica 57: Suppl Issue 2. p.A-133. |
| cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cancer-Preventive | 26 | Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp. |
| Candida-SAP-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Candidicide | 11 | Martindale's 28th |
| Candidistat | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Capillarifortificant | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |