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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
BETA-SITOSTEROL-GLUCOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
BETA-TERPINEOL 3 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BIFLORIN 7 Fruit 70.0 1022.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
BORON 4 Flower 10.0 40.0 -0.01 Duke, 1992 *
BORON 4 Fruit 10.0 40.0 0.00 Duke, 1992 *
CADALENE 0 Leaf 5.0 8.0 not available Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
CALACORENE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CALACORENE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
CALACORENE 0 Leaf 13.0 21.0 0.19 Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
CALAMENENE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CALAMENENE 0 Fruit not available 1265.0 -0.18 Duke, 1992 *
CALAMENENE 0 Leaf not available 210.0 3.87 Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
CALAMENOL 0 Leaf 25.0 35.0 not available Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
CALCIUM 28 Flower 6460.0 9540.0 1.04 Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Fruit 6460.0 9540.0 1.31 Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM-OXALATE 4 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTEROL 2 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTEROL 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTEROL-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTEROL-GLUCOSIDE 0 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.