Plant Syzygium aromaticum (Myrtaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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
METHYL-FURFURYL-ALCOHOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-N-AMYLKETONE	2	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-N-AMYLKETONE	2	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
METHYL-N-HEPTYL-KETONE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-N-HEPTYL-KETONE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
METHYL-OCTANOATE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-SALICYLATE	21	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-SALICYLATE	21	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
MUCILAGE	3	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRICETIN	34	Fruit	not available	20.0	1.80	Duke, 1992 *
MYRICETIN	34	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NAPHTHALENE	1	Essential Oil	not available	1000.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
NAPHTHALENE	1	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NAPHTHALENE	1	Fruit	not available	0.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NAPHTHALENE	1	Leaf	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.
NAPHTHALENE	1	Stem	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.
NICKEL	3	Flower	not available	2.4	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
NICKEL	3	Fruit	not available	2.4	-0.05	Duke, 1992 *
NONAN-2-ONE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTAN-2-ONE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	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
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 *