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Plant Syzygium aromaticum (Myrtaceae)

Common Names
Clove; Clovetree
How this plant is used
Food

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
PROTEIN 0 Fruit 52000.0 70000.0 -0.53 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
PTEROCARININ A 0 Leaf not available 21.5 not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN 176 Fruit not available not available not available Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
QUERCETIN-3,4'-DI-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCITRIN-3,4'-DI-O-GLYCOSIDE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RESIN 0 Plant 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.
RHAMNETIN 18 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RHAMNETIN 18 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RHAMNOCITRIN 7 Fruit not available 50.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Flower 1.0 2.0 -0.99 Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Fruit 1.0 2.0 -0.64 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
RUGOSIN-A 1 Leaf not available 16.2 not available Duke, 1992 *
RUGOSIN-D 8 Leaf not available 1925.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
RUGOSIN-E 2 Leaf not available 975.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SALICYLATES 7 Fruit 6.0 60.0 -0.16 Duke, 1992 *
SALICYLIC ACID BENZYL ESTER 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM 1 Flower 200.0 3250.0 1.29 Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM 1 Fruit 200.0 3250.0 0.12 Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC ACID METHYL ESTER 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STIGMASTEROL 12 Fruit not available 140.0 0.77 Duke, 1992 *
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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
Antileukonychic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukoplakic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antilipolytic 4 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antilipoperoxidant 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antilisteria 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antilupus 1 Martindale's 28th
AntiLyme 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antilymphocytic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antilymphomic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antimaculitic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antimalarial 4 Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Antimange 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimastalgic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimastitic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimeasles 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antimelanomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimenopausal 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antimenorrhagic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).