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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LEDOL | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp. |
| LINALOL | 0 | Flower | not available | 1.0 | -0.39 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALOOL | 53 | Fruit | not available | 1.0 | -0.59 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| LINOLEIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MAGNESIUM | 65 | Flower | 2640.0 | 3020.0 | 0.15 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MAGNESIUM | 65 | Fruit | 2640.0 | 3020.0 | 0.41 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MANGANESE | 14 | Flower | 100.0 | 1200.0 | 3.85 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MANGANESE | 14 | Fruit | 100.0 | 1200.0 | 7.51 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MASLIC-ACID | 0 | Fruit | not available | 1500.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MASLINIC-ACID | 6 | Essential Oil | not available | 1500.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MASLINIC-ACID | 6 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MASLINIC-ACID | 6 | Fruit | 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. |
| METHYL-ALCOHOL | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| METHYL-ALCOHOL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHYL-BENZOATE | 4 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHYL-CHAVICOL | 6 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHYL-EUGENOL | 20 | Flower | 310.0 | 340.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHYL-EUGENOL | 20 | Fruit | not available | 1890.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHYL-EUGENOL | 20 | Leaf | 18.0 | 29.0 | -0.81 | Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp. |
| METHYL-FURFURYL-ALCOHOL | 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. |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Narcotic | 2 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Natriuretic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Nematicide | 11 | Shoyakugaku Zasshi, 44: 183. |
| NEP-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Nephrotoxic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Neuroprotective | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NF-kB-Inhibitor | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NO-Inhibitor | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NO-Synthase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Osteogenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Ovulant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |