Abstract

A REVIEW ON PHARMACOLOGICAL PROFILE AND EFFECTIVENESS OF CLOVE OIL: AS SANJEEVANI MEDICINE

*Ajay Kumar, Anand Singh and Pratibha Yadav

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Abstract

• Clove (syzygium aromaticum) is one of the most valuable species that has been used for centuries as food preservative and for many medicinal purpose. • It may be looked upon as a champion of all antioxidants known till date, because to determine antioxidant property US department of agriculture developed a test scale called Oxygen Radical Absorption Capacity (ORAC), and the ORAC score of cloves are over 10 million, a drop of clove oil is 400 times more powerful an antioxidant than wolf berries and blue berries. • It also represents one of the richest sources of phenolic compounds such as Eugenol, Eugenol Acetate, Gallic Acid and possess great potential for pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, food and agriculture applications. • The commercial use of clove is for the production of clove oil that contains active constituents which possess Anti-oxidants, Anti-microbial, Anti-diabetic, Antiinflammatory, Antithrombotic, Anesthetic and insect repellent. • A new application of clove as larvicidal agent is an interesting strategy to combat dengue which is serious problem in tropical countries.

Keywords: Clove, Syzygium aromaticum, Anti-Oxidants, Dengue fever, Larvicidal agent.