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
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 *

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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
Varroacide	2	Duke, 1992 *
Vasodilator	10	Duke, 1992 *
Vasopressor	1	Duke, 1992 *
VEGF-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vermicide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vermifuge	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vibriocide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary	4	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor	14	Hatano, T., Yasuhara, T., Yoshihara, R., Agata, I., Noro, T., and Okuda, T. 1989. Effects of Interaction of Tannins with Co-existing Substances.VII. Inhibitory Effects of Tannins Related Polyphenols on Xanthine Oxidase. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(5): 1224-1229