Eugenol, eugenyl acetate.
Food Supplements.
Clove (Eugenia caryophyllus) essential oil is distilled from the flower bud of the clove tree, which later gives rise to the clove. Native to the Moluccas, this 20-metre-high tree thrives in drained tropical maritime soils. Its leaves are opposite, leathery and evergreen. Its pinkish-white flowers are grouped in small, compact, branched cymes.
Traditionally reputed for its broad-spectrum antibacterial, antiviral, antifungal, antiparasitic, general stimulant, neurotonic, uterotonic, pulp and skin cauterising properties.