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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FIBER | 15 | Flower | 95000.0 | 100000.0 | -0.39 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER | 15 | Fruit | 95000.0 | 100000.0 | -0.39 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| FLUORIDE | 3 | Fruit | not available | 2.4 | 0.51 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FURALDEHYDE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FURFURAL | 6 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FURFURYL-ALCOHOL | 1 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FURFURYL-ALCOHOL | 1 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| GALLIC ACID 3-O-BETA-D-(6'-O-GALLOYL)-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | 2.5 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GALLIC-ACID | 62 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GALLIC-ACID | 62 | Fruit | 285.0 | 12600.0 | -0.44 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GALLOTANNIC-ACID | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| GALLOTANNIC-ACID | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GAMMA-CADINENE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GAMMA-CADINENE | 0 | Leaf | 25.0 | 160.0 | 1.31 | Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp. |
| GAMMA-CARYOPHYLLENE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GAMMA-DECALACTONE | 3 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GAMMA-MUUROLENE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GAMMA-MUUROLENE | 0 | Leaf | 11.0 | 18.0 | -0.66 | Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp. |
| GEMIN-D | 1 | Leaf | 1125.0 | 1175.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GERANIAL | 13 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antihyperlipidemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihyperlipoproteinaemic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antihypertensive | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihyperthyroid | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihypoglycemic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiichythyotic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antiimplantation | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiimpotence | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiinfective | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiinfertility | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiinflammatory | 26 | Shimizu,*M., et al. 1990. Anti-inflammatory Constituents of Topically Applied Crude Drugs. IV.1) Constituents and Anti-inflammatory Effect of Paraguayan Crude Drug 'Alhucema' (Lavandula latifolia Vill.)2). Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(8): 2283-2284, 1990. |
| Antiinsomniac | 3 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiischemic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antikeratitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antikeratotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiklebsiellic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antilactobacillic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antileishmanic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antilepric | 2 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antileukemic | 8 | Duke, 1992 * |