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Plant Pimenta dioica (Myrtaceae)

Common Names
Allspice; Jamaica-Pepper; Pimenta; Clover-Pepper; Pimento
How this plant is used
Food

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
CHROMIUM 24 Plant not available 5.0 -0.40 Duke, 1992 *
CINEOLE 0 Plant not available 690.0 -0.55 Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMALDEHYDE 60 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-3-HEXENOL 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-ALPHA-BERGAMOTENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-BETA-OCIMENE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-OCIMENE 3 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
COBALT 2 Plant not available 0.1 -0.48 Duke, 1992 *
CONIFERALDEHYDE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CONIFERALDEHYDE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
COPAENE 1 Fruit not available 15.0 -0.71 Duke, 1992 *
COPAENE 1 Leaf not available 9.0 -0.63 Duke, 1992 *
COPPER 12 Bud 5.0 10.0 not available USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
CUBENENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYCLOSATIVENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-3-CARENE 8 Fruit not available 30.0 -0.56 Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-CADINENE 9 Fruit not available 51.0 -0.46 Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-CADINENE 9 Leaf not available 50.0 -0.25 Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-CADINENE 9 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-SELINENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiozenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipapillomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiparkinsonian 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiparotitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipellagric 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiperiodontal 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiperiodontitic 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antipharyngitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiphotophobic 2 Martindale's 29th
Antipityriasic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiplaque 4 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiplasmodial 2 Rukunga, G. and Simons, A. J. 2006. The Potential of Plants as a Source of Antimalarial Agents - A Review. Africa Herbal Antimalaria Meeting. PlantaPhile Publications, Berlin. 72 pp.
AntiPMS 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antipneumonic 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipodriac 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipoliomyelitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiporphyric 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiprogestational 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiprolactin 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiproliferant 6 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.