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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DELTA-CADINENE | 9 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DELTA-CADINENE | 9 | Leaf | 25.0 | 160.0 | 0.23 | Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp. |
| DELTA-CADINOL | 1 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DELTA-CADINOL | 1 | Leaf | 8.0 | 13.0 | -0.11 | Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp. |
| DIMETHYL-FURFURAL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ELLAGIC-ACID | 51 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Lowry, J. B. 1968. The Distribution and Potential Taxonomic Value of Alkylated Ellagic Acids. Phytochemistry 7 10: 1803-1813 |
| ELLAGIC-ACID | 51 | Fruit | not available | 21.0 | -0.69 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ELLAGIC-ACID | 51 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ELLAGITANNIN | 8 | Fruit | not available | 3200.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EO | 0 | Flower | 155000.0 | 210000.0 | 6.57 | Duke, 1992 * |
| EO | 0 | Fruit | 150000.0 | 210000.0 | 3.26 | Duke, 1992 * |
| EO | 0 | Leaf | 20000.0 | 32000.0 | 1.80 | Duke, 1992 * |
| EO | 0 | Stem | 40000.0 | 60000.0 | 2.60 | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| EPOXYDIHYDROCARYOPHYLLENE | 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. |
| EPOXYDIHYDROCARYOPHYLLENE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ETHYL-BENZOATE | 1 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ETHYL-CINNAMATE | 2 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ETHYL-HEXANOATE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ETHYL-OCTANOATE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EUGENIIN | 5 | Fruit | not available | 1640.0 | not available | 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 * |