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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OLEANOLIC-ACID | 64 | Essential Oil | not available | 10000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OLEANOLIC-ACID | 64 | Flower | not available | 20000.0 | 1.41 | Duke, 1992 * |
| OLEANOLIC-ACID | 64 | Fruit | 35.0 | 20000.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| OLEANOLIC-ACID | 64 | Seed | not available | 7.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ORSELLINIC-ACID-2-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Seed | not available | 27.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PALMITIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PALUSTROL | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PALUSTROL | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp. |
| PEDUNCULAGIN | 9 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHENYLETHYL-ACETATE | 0 | Flower | not available | 1.0 | -1.16 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHENYLETHYL-ACETATE | 0 | Fruit | not available | 1.0 | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| PHOSPHORUS | 4 | Flower | 1000.0 | 1337.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHOSPHORUS | 4 | Fruit | 1000.0 | 1337.0 | -0.57 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| PHTHALIC ACID DIBUTYL DIESTER | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHYTOSTEROLS | 2 | Fruit | not available | 2560.0 | 2.08 | Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.) |
| POTASSIUM | 14 | Flower | 11020.0 | 16200.0 | -0.31 | Duke, 1992 * |
| POTASSIUM | 14 | Fruit | 11020.0 | 16200.0 | -0.15 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROCYANIDIN | 11 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PRODELPHINIDIN | 1 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Flower | 52000.0 | 70000.0 | -0.84 | 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 * |