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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
ALPHA-MUUROLENE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-MUUROLENE 0 Leaf 3.3 5.5 -0.51 Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
ALPHA-MUUROLENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINYL-ACETATE 0 Flower 155.0 170.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINYL-ACETATE 0 Fruit 155.0 170.0 -0.70 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALPHA-THUJENE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-YLANGENE 0 Fruit 245.0 395.0 1.41 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-YLANGENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-ZINGIBERENE 1 Leaf 11.0 18.0 1.00 Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
ALUMINUM 5 Flower 80.0 160.0 1.08 Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM 5 Fruit 80.0 160.0 -0.18 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ARABINOSE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Bark not available 810.0 1.98 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ASTRAGALIN 7 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BARIUM 0 Flower 20.0 30.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
BARIUM 0 Fruit 20.0 30.0 0.24 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
BENZALDEHYDE 24 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BENZALDEHYDE 24 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BENZOIC ACID BENZYL ESTER 0 Fruit 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
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 *