Clove (Syzygium aromaticum): A precious spice

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 90-96

  Cortés Rojas, Diego Francisco ^a   de Souza, Claudia Regina Fernandes ^a   Oliveira, Wanderley Pereira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Aromatic plant; Clove; Dengue fever; Larvicidal; Spice; Volatile

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; BETA CYCLODEXTRIN; CARVACROL; CARYOPHYLLENE; CLOVE OIL; EUGENOL; FOOD PRESERVATIVE; GALLIC ACID; GEUM JAPONICUM EXTRACT; GUM ARABIC; INSECT REPELLENT; INSECTICIDE; LARVICIDAL AGENT; MALTODEXTRIN; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYPHENOL; RHUS JAVANICA EXTRACT; ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; SOLID LIPID NANOPARTICLE; SYZYGIUM AROMATICUM EXTRACT; TERMINALIA CHEBULA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMNESIA; ANALGESIA; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTINOCICEPTION; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTHRALGIA; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BRAZIL; CANDIDIASIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLOVE; DENGUE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG RELEASE; DRUG SAFETY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENOTOXICITY; GEUM JAPONICUM; HUMAN; INSECT CONTROL; LISTERIA INNOCUA; MEDICINAL PLANT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS VULGARIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REPEATED DRUG DOSE; REVIEW; RHUS JAVANICA; ROSEMARY; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SPICE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; THRUSH; TOOTH PAIN; TOXICITY TESTING; VAGINA CANDIDIASIS;

EID: 84904262997     PISSN: 22211691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2221-1691(14)60215-X     Document Type: Review

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