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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
METHYL-EUGENOL 20 Leaf not available 190.0 -0.78 Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE 22 Fruit not available 45.0 -0.38 Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE 22 Leaf not available 20.0 -0.17 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
NIACIN 39 Fruit not available 3.1 -0.77 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
NIACIN 39 Leaf 1.4 1.8 -1.16 Duke, 1992 *
NONADECANE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OCTADECANE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OCTANOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMEN-8-OL 0 Fruit not available 18.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMEN-8-OL 0 Leaf not available 13.0 -0.28 Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENE 16 Fruit not available 87.0 -0.57 Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENE 16 Leaf not available 78.0 -0.34 Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENE 16 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PENTADECANE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PENTANOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Fruit 1100.0 1235.0 -0.60 Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Leaf 1173.0 1399.0 -0.66 Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOSTEROL 0 Fruit 610.0 665.0 not available Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
PHYTOSTEROLS 2 Fruit not available 666.0 -0.36 Duke, 1992 *
PIMENTOL 0 Fruit not available 800.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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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 *