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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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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. |