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Plant Syzygium aromaticum (Myrtaceae)

Common Names
Clove; Clovetree
How this plant is used
Food

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
EUGENIIN 5 Leaf not available 8950.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
EUGENINE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EUGENINE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
EUGENITINE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EUGENITINE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
EUGENOL 76 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL 76 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL 76 Essential Oil 61000.0 627000.0 1.06 Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL 76 Flower 108655.0 180000.0 2.65 Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL 76 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL 76 Leaf 7920.0 26400.0 2.29 Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL 76 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL 76 Stem 36000.0 57000.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL-4-O-BETA-D(6'-O-GALLOYL)-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf not available 215.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL-ACETATE 1 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL-ACETATE 1 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EUGENYL-ACETATE 6 Fruit not available 56700.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Flower 89000.0 201000.0 2.26 Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Fruit 89000.0 201000.0 0.89 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
FENCHONE 6 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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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.