A Study On The Chemical Properties Of Eugenol And Eugenol Acetate, Clove Essential Oils

Abstract

Eugenol and eugenol acetate are a clove essential oil getting from hydrodistilltion of Syzygium aromaticum's buds and leaves. It has antimicrobial, antioxidant, analgesic, anticancer activities and used for protecting foods from microorganisms, used as tradational medicine. Eugenol is eager to dissolve in blood and give reaction to radicalic forms of other moleculues. Because of that; It slows cancer cells formation by preventing the radicalic damage.