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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Pimenta dioica (Myrtaceae)

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

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
POTASIUM 0 Fruit 11000.0 11410.0 -0.55 *
POTASSIUM 14 Fruit 11000.0 11410.0 -0.58 *
PROANTHOCYANIDINS 34 Fruit Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
PROTEIN 0 Fruit 117000.0 134000.0 0.33 *
QUERCETIN-3-O-BETA-D-XYLOSIDE 0 Fruit *
QUERCITRIN 44 Fruit *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Fruit 0.7 -0.92 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Leaf 2.3 3.5 -0.16 *
SABINENE 5 Leaf Essent. Oil *
SABINENE 5 Plant *
SALICYLATES 7 Fruit 5.0 55.0 -0.18 *
SELENIUM 60 Plant 0.0 -0.43 *
SELINA-3,11-DIENE 0 Plant *
SELINA-4,11-DIENE 0 Plant *
SELINE-4(14),11-DIENE 0 Plant *
SODIUM 1 Fruit 800.0 842.0 -0.10 *
SPATHULENOL 0 Fruit 60.0 1.00 *
STIGMASTEROL 12 Fruit 30.0 -0.76 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
STRONTIUM 0 Plant 20.0 -0.88 *
T-MUUROLOL 0 Plant *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiozenic 1 *
Antipapillomic 1 *
Antiparkinsonian 3 *
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 *
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 *
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.