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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
BENZOIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BENZOIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BENZOIC-ACID-PROPYL-ESTER 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-ACETATE 9 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-ALCOHOL 9 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-TIGLATE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-BOURBONENE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Bark 2.0 3.0 -0.65 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Essential Oil not available 495000.0 2.81 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Fruit 2230.0 69365.0 2.00 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Leaf 2295.0 14520.0 6.77 Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE 0 Essential Oil not available 45000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-MUUROLENE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SELINENE 3 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Essential Oil not available 1000.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Fruit not available 2420.0 2.39 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 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
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 *