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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
DELTA-CADINENE 9 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-CADINENE 9 Leaf 25.0 160.0 0.23 Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
DELTA-CADINOL 1 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-CADINOL 1 Leaf 8.0 13.0 -0.11 Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
DIMETHYL-FURFURAL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ELLAGIC-ACID 51 Bark not available not available not available Lowry, J. B. 1968. The Distribution and Potential Taxonomic Value of Alkylated Ellagic Acids. Phytochemistry 7 10: 1803-1813
ELLAGIC-ACID 51 Fruit not available 21.0 -0.69 Duke, 1992 *
ELLAGIC-ACID 51 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ELLAGITANNIN 8 Fruit not available 3200.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Flower 155000.0 210000.0 6.57 Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Fruit 150000.0 210000.0 3.26 Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Leaf 20000.0 32000.0 1.80 Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Stem 40000.0 60000.0 2.60 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
EPOXYDIHYDROCARYOPHYLLENE 0 Fruit not available not available not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
EPOXYDIHYDROCARYOPHYLLENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-BENZOATE 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-CINNAMATE 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-HEXANOATE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-OCTANOATE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EUGENIIN 5 Fruit not available 1640.0 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 *