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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
CHROMIUM 24 Flower 3.0 5.0 0.99 Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM 24 Fruit 3.0 5.0 0.19 Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMALDEHYDE 60 Flower not available 1.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMALDEHYDE 60 Fruit not available 1.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-ISOEUGENOL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
COBALT 2 Flower not available 0.7 -0.51 Duke, 1992 *
COBALT 2 Fruit not available 0.7 -0.45 Duke, 1992 *
CONIFERALDEHYDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CONIFERALDEHYDE 0 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
COPPER 12 Flower 3.0 9.0 -0.84 Duke, 1992 *
COPPER 12 Fruit 3.0 9.0 -0.30 Duke, 1992 *
CORNUS-TANNIN-2 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CRATAEGOLIC ACID METHYL ESTER 0 Fruit not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
CRATAEGOLIC-ACID 0 Flower not available 6.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CRATAEGOLIC-ACID 0 Fruit 6.0 1500.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CRATEGOLIC-ACID 2 Seed not available 20.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CUBENENE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CUBENOL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
CUMINALDEHYDE 10 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DAUCOSTEROL 5 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Immunosuppressant 4 Duke, 1992 *
Inflammatory 1 Duke, 1992 *
iNOS-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Inotropic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Insecticide 9 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Insectifuge 11 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Insectifuge? 1 Martindale's 28th
Insectiphile 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Insulin-Sparing 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Insulinogenic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Interferon-Synergist 1 Duke, 1992 *
Interferonogenic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Interleukin-6-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Iodothyronine-Deiodinase-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Irritant 12 Duke, 1992 *
JNK-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Juvabional 3 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Larvicide 4 Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
Larvistat 2 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Laxative 5 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.