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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
DOCOSANE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DODECANE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EICOSANE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EIXOSANE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Fruit 20000.0 50000.0 0.15 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
EO 0 Leaf 7500.0 12500.0 0.08 Duke, 1992 *
EPICUBENOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EPIGLOBULOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-BENZOATE 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL 76 Flower Essent. Oil not available 543000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL 76 Fruit 3500.0 36000.0 1.41 Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL 76 Leaf 8348.0 12000.0 0.59 Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL 76 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 792400.0 1.14 Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL-METHYL-ETHER 5 Fruit 8000.0 22500.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL-METHYL-ETHER 5 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Leaf 36000.0 41000.0 -0.31 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Leaf 175000.0 179000.0 0.22 Duke, 1992 *
FLUORINE 0 Plant not available 5.0 -0.82 Duke, 1992 *
FUFUROL 0 Leaf not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
FURFURALDEHYDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiprostaglandin 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatadenomic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antiprostatitic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipseudomonic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipsoriac 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipurpuric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipyretic 5 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiradicular 7 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiRaynaud's 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiretinopathic 2 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiretinotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antirheumatalgic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antirheumatic 6 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antirhinitic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antirhinoviral 1 Denyer, C.V., Jackson, P., Loakes, D.M., Ellis, M.R., and Yound, D.A.B. Isolation of Antirhinoviral Sesquiterpenes From Ginger (Zingiber officinale). Journal of Natural Products, 57(5): 658-662, 1994.
Antisalmonella 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiscorbutic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiscotomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiseborrheic 1 Duke, 1992 *