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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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
1,2,3,4,6-PENTA-O-GALLOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE 2 Leaf 33.7 *
1,2,3,6-TETRA-O-GALLYOL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE 2 Leaf 49.7 *
1-BETA-O-GALLOYLPEDUNCULAGIN 0 Leaf 114.5 *
1-DEGALLOYL-EUGENIIN 0 Leaf 12175.0 1.00 *
10-(ALPHA)-CADINOL 0 Flower *
10-(ALPHA)-CADINOL 0 Fruit Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
2-3-DI-O-GALLOYL-GLUCOSE 0 Leaf 214.5 *
2-3-HEXAHYDROXY-DIPHENOYL-GLUCOSE 0 Leaf *
2-HEPTANOL 0 Flower *
2-HEPTANOL 0 Fruit Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
2-HEPTANONE 0 Plant *
2-HEPTYL-ACETATE 0 Flower *
2-HEPTYL-ACETATE 0 Fruit Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
2-HEPTYL-BENZOATE 0 Flower *
2-HEPTYL-BENZOATE 0 Fruit Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
2-NONANOL 0 Plant *
2-NONANONE 2 Flower 1.0 *
2-NONANONE 2 Fruit 1.0 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
2-NONYL-ACETATE 0 Flower 1.0 *
2-NONYL-ACETATE 0 Fruit 1.0 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Myorelaxant 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
NADH-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 *
Narcotic 2 Merck 11th Edition
Natriuretic 1 *
Nematicide 11 Shoyakugaku Zasshi, 44: 183.
NEP-Inhibitor 1 *
Nephrotoxic 1 Martindale's 29th
Neuroprotective 3 *
Neurotoxic 1 R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R.
Neurotransmitter 1 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor 3 *
NO-Inhibitor 3 *
NO-Synthase-Inhibitor 1 *
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 2 *
Osteogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Ovulant 1 *
Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
P450-Inducer 2 Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
P450-Inhibitor 1 Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
PAF-Inhibitor 1 *