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
PROTEIN	0	Fruit	52000.0	70000.0	-0.53	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
PTEROCARININ A	0	Leaf	not available	21.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN	176	Fruit	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.
QUERCETIN-3,4'-DI-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCITRIN-3,4'-DI-O-GLYCOSIDE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RESIN	0	Plant	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.
RHAMNETIN	18	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RHAMNETIN	18	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RHAMNOCITRIN	7	Fruit	not available	50.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Flower	1.0	2.0	-0.99	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Fruit	1.0	2.0	-0.64	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
RUGOSIN-A	1	Leaf	not available	16.2	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RUGOSIN-D	8	Leaf	not available	1925.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RUGOSIN-E	2	Leaf	not available	975.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SALICYLATES	7	Fruit	6.0	60.0	-0.16	Duke, 1992 *
SALICYLIC ACID BENZYL ESTER	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Flower	200.0	3250.0	1.29	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Fruit	200.0	3250.0	0.12	Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC ACID METHYL ESTER	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STIGMASTEROL	12	Fruit	not available	140.0	0.77	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
Schizophrenigenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Secretolytic	1	Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Sedative	13	Buchbauer et al, e.g.Buchbauer et al,1993.Therapeutic properties of essential oils and fragrances. Chap.12 in Teranishi,R, Buttery,R.G and Sugisawa,H. Eds. Bioactive Volatile Compounds from Plants. ACS Symposium Series 525. Amer. Chem. Soc., Washington DC
Soporific	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Spasmogenic	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.
Spasmolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Spermicide	2	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Spermigenic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Sprout-Inhibitor	1	Duke, J.A.. Personal Communication.
Styptic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Sunscreen	1	Jim Duke's personal files.
Sweetener	1	Duke, 1992 *
Teratogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Teratologic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Termiticide	5	Duke, 1992 *
Termitifuge	2	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Testosterone-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Testosteronigenic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Thymoprotective	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Tissue-Thromboplastin-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *