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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LEDOL | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp. |
| LINALOL | 0 | Flower | not available | 1.0 | -0.39 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALOOL | 53 | Fruit | not available | 1.0 | -0.59 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| LINOLEIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MAGNESIUM | 65 | Flower | 2640.0 | 3020.0 | 0.15 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MAGNESIUM | 65 | Fruit | 2640.0 | 3020.0 | 0.41 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MANGANESE | 14 | Flower | 100.0 | 1200.0 | 3.85 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MANGANESE | 14 | Fruit | 100.0 | 1200.0 | 7.51 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MASLIC-ACID | 0 | Fruit | not available | 1500.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MASLINIC-ACID | 6 | Essential Oil | not available | 1500.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MASLINIC-ACID | 6 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MASLINIC-ACID | 6 | 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. |
| METHYL-ALCOHOL | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| METHYL-ALCOHOL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHYL-BENZOATE | 4 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHYL-CHAVICOL | 6 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHYL-EUGENOL | 20 | Flower | 310.0 | 340.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHYL-EUGENOL | 20 | Fruit | not available | 1890.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHYL-EUGENOL | 20 | Leaf | 18.0 | 29.0 | -0.81 | Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp. |
| METHYL-FURFURYL-ALCOHOL | 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. |
| 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 * |