Tag: Pharmacognosy

Native to Indonesia's Maluku Islands, the dried flower buds commonly known as cloves have been a staple in traditional medicine for centuries. The medical name for cloves is *Syzygium aromaticum*, and this botanical classification reveals its connection to a rich history of pharmacological use. Its potent therapeutic properties are largely attributed to the compound eugenol.

Over 20,000 different alkaloids have been identified in more than 300 plant families, and a key chemical property for their extraction and purification is their solubility. The answer to what alkaloids freely soluble in depends entirely on their chemical state and the polarity of the solvent used, with free-base alkaloids showing high solubility in organic solvents but poor solubility in water.