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
TRANS-ISOEUGENOL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VALONEIC ACID BISLACTONE	0	Leaf	not available	180.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VANILLIN	28	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VANILLIN	28	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Flower	69000.0	252000.0	-3.65	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Fruit	69000.0	252000.0	-2.25	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
XYLOSE	3	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ZINC	77	Flower	10.0	30.0	-0.18	Duke, 1992 *
ZINC	77	Fruit	10.0	30.0	-0.01	Duke, 1992 *
ZONARENE	0	Flower	not available	1.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ZONARENE	0	Fruit	not available	1.0	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.

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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
Antigingivitic	8	Duke, 1992 *
Antiglaucomic	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiglossitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiglutamaergic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiglycosuric	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antigonadotrophic	2	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antigonadotropic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
AntiGTF	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antihangover	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiheartburn	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihemorrhagic	2	Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Antihepatitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihepatotoxic	10	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiherpetic	11	Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic?	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihistaminic	6	Duke, 1992 *
AntiHIV	13	Duke, 1992 *
Antihydrophobic	1	Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
Antihyperkeratotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperkinetic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.