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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
BETA-SITOSTEROL-GLUCOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
BETA-TERPINEOL 3 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BIFLORIN 7 Fruit 70.0 1022.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
BORON 4 Flower 10.0 40.0 -0.01 Duke, 1992 *
BORON 4 Fruit 10.0 40.0 0.00 Duke, 1992 *
CADALENE 0 Leaf 5.0 8.0 not available Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
CALACORENE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CALACORENE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
CALACORENE 0 Leaf 13.0 21.0 0.19 Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
CALAMENENE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CALAMENENE 0 Fruit not available 1265.0 -0.18 Duke, 1992 *
CALAMENENE 0 Leaf not available 210.0 3.87 Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
CALAMENOL 0 Leaf 25.0 35.0 not available Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
CALCIUM 28 Flower 6460.0 9540.0 1.04 Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Fruit 6460.0 9540.0 1.31 Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM-OXALATE 4 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTEROL 2 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTEROL 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTEROL-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTEROL-GLUCOSIDE 0 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 *