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The Cloves ( Syzygium aromaticum ) is the aromatic flower of a green tree that can reach 15 meters in height and is found mainly in Madagascar, Ceylon and Indonesia.
They are used in
In traditional medicine, they have traditionally been used to treat various disorders such as diabetes, diarrhea, reproductive problems and respiratory disorders (1).
Recent studies have shown its antibacterial efficacy (2).
The essential oil of cloves showed genoprotective effects (3).
Other plants of the Syzygium species that have shown healing properties:
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(1) Antihyperglycemic and antihyperlipidemic activities of methanol:water (4:1) fraction isolated from aqueous extract of Syzygium alternifolium seeds in streptozotocin induced diabetic rats. Kasetti RB, Rajasekhar MD, Kondeti VK, Fatima SS, Kumar EG, Swapna S, Ramesh B, Rao CA. Food Chem Toxicol. 2010 Apr;48(4):1078-84. doi: 10.1016/j.fct.2010.01.029
(2) Antibacterial and antibiofilm activity of acetone leaf extracts of nine under-investigated south African Eugenia and Syzygium (Myrtaceae) species and their selectivity indices. Famuyide IM, Aro AO, Fasina FO, Eloff JN, McGaw LJ. BMC Complement Altern Med. 2019 Jun 20;19(1):141. doi: 10.1186/s12906-019-2547-z.
(3) Essential Oils as a Feed Additives: Pharmacokinetics and Potential Toxicity in Monogastric Animals. Horky P, Skalickova S, Smerkova K, Skladanka J. Animals (Basel). 2019 Jun 13;9(6). pii: E352. doi: 10.3390/ani9060352. Review.
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