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Common Names
Clove; Clovetree
How this plant is used
Food
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PROTEIN | 0 | Fruit | 52000.0 | 70000.0 | -0.53 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| PTEROCARININ A | 0 | Leaf | not available | 21.5 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| QUERCETIN | 176 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| QUERCETIN-3,4'-DI-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| QUERCITRIN-3,4'-DI-O-GLYCOSIDE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| RESIN | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| RHAMNETIN | 18 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| RHAMNETIN | 18 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| RHAMNOCITRIN | 7 | Fruit | not available | 50.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| RIBOFLAVIN | 15 | Flower | 1.0 | 2.0 | -0.99 | Duke, 1992 * |
| RIBOFLAVIN | 15 | Fruit | 1.0 | 2.0 | -0.64 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| RUGOSIN-A | 1 | Leaf | not available | 16.2 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| RUGOSIN-D | 8 | Leaf | not available | 1925.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| RUGOSIN-E | 2 | Leaf | not available | 975.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SALICYLATES | 7 | Fruit | 6.0 | 60.0 | -0.16 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SALICYLIC ACID BENZYL ESTER | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SODIUM | 1 | Flower | 200.0 | 3250.0 | 1.29 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SODIUM | 1 | Fruit | 200.0 | 3250.0 | 0.12 | Duke, 1992 * |
| STEARIC ACID METHYL ESTER | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| STIGMASTEROL | 12 | Fruit | not available | 140.0 | 0.77 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Hepatoprotective | 10 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Herbicide | 4 | Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp. |
| Herpetifuge | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hirudicide | 1 | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| Histaminic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| HIV-RT-Inhibitor | 3 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 224. |
| Hyaluronidase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hyperglycemic | 1 | Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp. |
| Hypertensive | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Hypnotic | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Hypocholesterolemic | 11 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Hypoglycemic | 9 | Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989. |
| Hypolipemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypolipidemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypotensive | 14 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypothermic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypouricemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ICAM-1-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Immunomodulator | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Immunostimulant | 8 | Duke, 1992 * |