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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DELTA-CADINENE | 9 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DELTA-CADINENE | 9 | Leaf | 25.0 | 160.0 | 0.23 | Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp. |
| DELTA-CADINOL | 1 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DELTA-CADINOL | 1 | Leaf | 8.0 | 13.0 | -0.11 | Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp. |
| DIMETHYL-FURFURAL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ELLAGIC-ACID | 51 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Lowry, J. B. 1968. The Distribution and Potential Taxonomic Value of Alkylated Ellagic Acids. Phytochemistry 7 10: 1803-1813 |
| ELLAGIC-ACID | 51 | Fruit | not available | 21.0 | -0.69 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ELLAGIC-ACID | 51 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ELLAGITANNIN | 8 | Fruit | not available | 3200.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EO | 0 | Flower | 155000.0 | 210000.0 | 6.57 | Duke, 1992 * |
| EO | 0 | Fruit | 150000.0 | 210000.0 | 3.26 | Duke, 1992 * |
| EO | 0 | Leaf | 20000.0 | 32000.0 | 1.80 | Duke, 1992 * |
| EO | 0 | Stem | 40000.0 | 60000.0 | 2.60 | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| EPOXYDIHYDROCARYOPHYLLENE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| EPOXYDIHYDROCARYOPHYLLENE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ETHYL-BENZOATE | 1 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ETHYL-CINNAMATE | 2 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ETHYL-HEXANOATE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ETHYL-OCTANOATE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EUGENIIN | 5 | Fruit | not available | 1640.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Anticlimacteric | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticoeliac | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Anticold | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticolic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticolitic | 3 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Anticomplement | 1 | Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. |
| Anticomplementary | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticonvulsant | 4 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Anticorneotic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Anticoronary | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiCrohn's | 3 | Martindale's 29th |
| AntiCTS | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticystitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidandruff | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antidecubitic | 3 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antideliriant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidementia | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidepressant | 5 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antidermatitic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidiabetic | 9 | Duke, 1992 * |