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Plant Syzygium aromaticum (Myrtaceae)

Common Names
Clove; Clovetree
How this plant is used
Food

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List of plant chemicals.
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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 *
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List of plant activities.
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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