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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.
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
BENZOIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BENZOIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BENZOIC-ACID-PROPYL-ESTER 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-ACETATE 9 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-ALCOHOL 9 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-TIGLATE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-BOURBONENE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Bark 2.0 3.0 -0.65 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Essential Oil not available 495000.0 2.81 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Fruit 2230.0 69365.0 2.00 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Leaf 2295.0 14520.0 6.77 Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE 0 Essential Oil not available 45000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-MUUROLENE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SELINENE 3 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Essential Oil not available 1000.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Fruit not available 2420.0 2.39 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Plant 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
Capillarigenic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Capillariprotective 2 Duke, 1992 *
Carcinogenic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Carcinogenic? 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Cardiomyopathogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Cardioprotective 7 Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotonic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotoxic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Carminative 4 Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994.
Caspase-8-Inducer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Catabolic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cataractagenic 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Chelator 1 Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive 2 Duke, 1992 *
Cholagogue 1 Fitoterapia No.5-1986.
Choleretic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Chronotropic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cicatrizant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Circulatory-Stimulant 1 Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Depressant 4 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.