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cloves

Syzygium aromaticum

Dried flower buds, intensely warm and almost numbing; a little goes far.

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cloves

CHEMISTRY

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The characteristic compounds documented in this ingredient, plus any the library traces to it in a recipe. Not an exhaustive phytochemistry.

C₁₀H₁₂O₂
eugenol
C₁₀H₁₂O₂

Almost the whole oil: 87.3% in a measured clove bud sample.

C₁₅H₂₄
β-caryophyllene
C₁₅H₂₄

peppery, warm-woody