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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
STIGMASTEROL 12 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STIGMASTEROL-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STIGMASTEROL-GLUCOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STRICTININ 1 Leaf not available 100.0 0.09 Duke, 1992 *
STRONTIUM 0 Flower 30.0 60.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
STRONTIUM 0 Fruit 30.0 60.0 -0.11 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
STYRALYL-ACETATE 0 Flower not available 1.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
STYRALYL-ACETATE 0 Fruit not available 1.0 not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
SYZYGININ-A 0 Leaf not available 98.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SYZYGININ-B 0 Leaf not available 131.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN 35 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TANNINS 0 Fruit not available 100000.0 0.19 Duke, 1992 *
TELLIMAGRANDIN-I 7 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TELLIMAGRANDIN-I 7 Plant not available not available not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
TELLIMAGRANDIN-II 1 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TERPINEN-4-OL 23 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN 31 Flower not available 1.0 -1.26 Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN 31 Fruit not available 1.0 -0.55 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
TRANS-ANETHOLE 8 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-ANETHOLE 8 Fruit not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
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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 *