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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Anticancer (Breast) | 1 | Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103. |
| Anticancer (Cervix) | 2 | Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY. |
| Anticancer (Colon) | 1 | Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY. |
| Anticancer (Esophagus) | 1 | Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY. |
| Anticancer (Lung) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Mouth) | 1 | Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY. |
| Anticanker | 3 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Anticapillary-Fragility | 1 | Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp. |
| Anticarcinomic | 3 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Anticarcinomic (Breast) | 1 | Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer) |
| Anticardiospasmic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticariogenic | 9 | Muroi, H. and Kubo, I. 1993. Combination Effects of Antibacterial Compounds in Green Tea Flavor against Streptococcus mutans. J. Agric. Food Chem. 41: 1102-1105. |
| Anticarpal-Tunnel | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Anticataract | 6 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Anticephalagic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticervicaldysplasic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiCFS | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticheilitic | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Anticholinesterase | 1 | L. Gracza (1985) as cited by Buchbauer re antiacetylcholinesterase. |
| Anticirrhotic? | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |