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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
HEPTAN-2-ONE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-AL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-2-ONE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-2-ONE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HUMULEN-7-OL 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HUMULEN-7-OL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
HUMULENE-1,2-OXIDE 0 Fruit not available 95.0 not available Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
HUMULENE-1,2-OXIDE 0 Leaf 18.0 90.0 not available Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
HUMULENE-EPOXIDE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HUMULENE-EPOXIDE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
HYPEROSIDE 30 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Flower 45.0 150.0 -0.12 Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Fruit 45.0 150.0 0.07 Duke, 1992 *
ISOBIFLORIN 0 Fruit not available 510.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOEUGENITENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOEUGENOL 16 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOQUERCITRIN 22 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFERIDE 5 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL 75 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL 75 Fruit not available 29.0 -0.57 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
Demulcent 1 Duke, 1992 *
Dentifrice 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Deodorant 1 Martindale's 29th
Dermatitigenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Detoxicant 2 Duke, 1992 *
Detoxicant (Alcohol) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Diagnostic 1 Martindale's 28th
Diaphoretic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Diaphoretic? 2 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90.
Differentiator 1 Duke, 1992 *
Digestive 1 Oriental Materia Medica (three volumes by Dr. Hsu and collaborators)
Diuretic 11 Duke, 1992 *
DNA-Binder 1 Duke, 1992 *
Dye 2 Merck 11th Edition
Elastase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Emetic 2 Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.
Encephalopathic 1 Martindale's 29th
Energizer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Enterorelaxant 1 J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.
Ergogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *