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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BENZOIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BENZOIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BENZOIC-ACID-PROPYL-ESTER | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BENZYL-ACETATE | 9 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BENZYL-ALCOHOL | 9 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BENZYL-TIGLATE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-BOURBONENE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp. |
| BETA-CAROTENE | 53 | Bark | 2.0 | 3.0 | -0.65 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | 495000.0 | 2.81 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE | 0 | Fruit | 2230.0 | 69365.0 | 2.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE | 0 | Leaf | 2295.0 | 14520.0 | 6.77 | Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp. |
| BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | 45000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-MUUROLENE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-PINENE | 13 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-PINENE | 13 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-SELINENE | 3 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Essential Oil | not available | 1000.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Fruit | not available | 2420.0 | 2.39 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Perfume | 1 | 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. |
| Perfumery | 19 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Pesticide | 47 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PGE2-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Phagocytotic | 2 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Phospholipase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Piscicide | 1 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| Plasmodicide | 1 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |
| Proliferant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Prooxidant | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor | 4 | Chen, S. J., Wang, M. H., Chen, I. J. 1996. Antiplatelet and Calcium Inhibitory Properties of Eugenol and Sodium Eugenol Acetate. Gen Pharmacol, 27(4): 629-633. |
| Protease-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor | 1 | Naim, M., Zehavi, U., Nagy, S., and Rouseff, R.L. Hydroxycinnamic Acids as Off-Flavor Precursors in Citrus Fruits and Their Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.14. |
| Protisticide | 1 | Meckes, M., Calzada, F., Tapia-Contreras, A., Cedillo-Rivera, R. 1999. Antiprotozoal Properties of Helianthemum glomeratum. Phytotherapy Research, 13(2): 102-105. |
| Psychotropic | 1 | Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990. |
| PTK-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Quinone-Reductase-Inducer | 6 | Ahn, D., Putt, D., Kresty, L., Stoner, G. D., Fromm, D., Hollenberg, P. F. 1996. The Effects of Dietary Ellagic Acid on Rat Hepatic and Esophageal Mucosal Cytochromes P450 and Phase II Enzymes. Carcinogenesis, 17(4): 821-828. |
| Renoirritant | 1 | Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp. |
| Reverse-Transcriptase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |