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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALPHA-MUUROLENE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-MUUROLENE | 0 | Leaf | 3.3 | 5.5 | -0.51 | Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp. |
| ALPHA-MUUROLENE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-TERPINEOL | 23 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-TERPINYL-ACETATE | 0 | Flower | 155.0 | 170.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-TERPINYL-ACETATE | 0 | Fruit | 155.0 | 170.0 | -0.70 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| ALPHA-THUJENE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-YLANGENE | 0 | Fruit | 245.0 | 395.0 | 1.41 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-YLANGENE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-ZINGIBERENE | 1 | Leaf | 11.0 | 18.0 | 1.00 | Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp. |
| ALUMINUM | 5 | Flower | 80.0 | 160.0 | 1.08 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALUMINUM | 5 | Fruit | 80.0 | 160.0 | -0.18 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| ARABINOSE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASCORBIC-ACID | 112 | Bark | not available | 810.0 | 1.98 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| ASTRAGALIN | 7 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BARIUM | 0 | Flower | 20.0 | 30.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BARIUM | 0 | Fruit | 20.0 | 30.0 | 0.24 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| BENZALDEHYDE | 24 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BENZALDEHYDE | 24 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BENZOIC ACID BENZYL ESTER | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | 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 * |