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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OLEANOLIC-ACID | 64 | Essential Oil | not available | 10000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OLEANOLIC-ACID | 64 | Flower | not available | 20000.0 | 1.41 | Duke, 1992 * |
| OLEANOLIC-ACID | 64 | Fruit | 35.0 | 20000.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| OLEANOLIC-ACID | 64 | Seed | not available | 7.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ORSELLINIC-ACID-2-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Seed | not available | 27.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PALMITIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PALUSTROL | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PALUSTROL | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp. |
| PEDUNCULAGIN | 9 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHENYLETHYL-ACETATE | 0 | Flower | not available | 1.0 | -1.16 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHENYLETHYL-ACETATE | 0 | Fruit | not available | 1.0 | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| PHOSPHORUS | 4 | Flower | 1000.0 | 1337.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHOSPHORUS | 4 | Fruit | 1000.0 | 1337.0 | -0.57 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| PHTHALIC ACID DIBUTYL DIESTER | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHYTOSTEROLS | 2 | Fruit | not available | 2560.0 | 2.08 | Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.) |
| POTASSIUM | 14 | Flower | 11020.0 | 16200.0 | -0.31 | Duke, 1992 * |
| POTASSIUM | 14 | Fruit | 11020.0 | 16200.0 | -0.15 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROCYANIDIN | 11 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PRODELPHINIDIN | 1 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Flower | 52000.0 | 70000.0 | -0.84 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| TNF-alpha-Inhibitor | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Topoisomerase-I-Antagonist | 1 | Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 167.1999. |
| Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor | 6 | Santti, R., Makela, S., Strauss, L., Korman, J., Kostian, M. L. 1998. Phytoestrogens: Potential Endocrine Disruptors in Males. Toxicol Ind Health, 14: 223-237. |
| Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor | 8 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Tranquilizer | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Transdermal | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Trichomonicide | 4 | Martindale's 29th |
| Trichomonistat | 2 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| Trypsin-Enhancer | 2 | Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-93. |
| Tumor-Promoter | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Tumorigenic | 2 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Tyrosinase-Inhibitor | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Tyrosine-Kinase-Inhibitor | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170. |
| Ubiquiot | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Ulcerogenic | 3 | Phytotherapy Research, 4: 93. |
| Uricosuric | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Urinary-Acidulant | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Uterorelaxant | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Uterotonic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Uterotrophic | 1 | Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 227.1999. |