Plant Pimenta dioica (Myrtaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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
POTASIUM	0	Fruit	11000.0	11410.0	-0.55	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Fruit	11000.0	11410.0	-0.58	Duke, 1992 *
PROANTHOCYANIDINS	34	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	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	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-3-O-BETA-D-XYLOSIDE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCITRIN	44	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Fruit	not available	0.7	-0.92	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Leaf	2.3	3.5	-0.16	Duke, 1992 *
SABINENE	5	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SABINENE	5	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SALICYLATES	7	Fruit	5.0	55.0	-0.18	Duke, 1992 *
SELENIUM	60	Plant	not available	0.0	-0.43	Duke, 1992 *
SELINA-3,11-DIENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SELINA-4,11-DIENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SELINE-4(14),11-DIENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Fruit	800.0	842.0	-0.10	Duke, 1992 *
SPATHULENOL	0	Fruit	not available	60.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
STIGMASTEROL	12	Fruit	not available	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	not available	20.0	-0.88	Duke, 1992 *
T-MUUROLOL	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
Antitubercular	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor	13	Zheng, G-Q., Kenney, P.M., and Lam, L.K.T. Sesquiterpenes From Clove (Eugenia caryophyllata) As Potential Anticarcinogenic Agents. Journal of Natural Products 55(7): 999-1003, 1992.
Antitumor (brain)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Breast)	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Cervix)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (CNS)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Gastric)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung)	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Pancreas)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Prostate)	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Stomach)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitussive	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcer	12	Yamahara, J., et al. Stomachic principles in ginger. II. Pungent and anti-ulcer effects of low polar constituents isolated from ginger, the dried rhizoma of... Yakugaku Zasshi 112: 645-655 (1992).
Antiulcerogenic	1	Rafatullah, S., Tariq, M., Al-Yahya, M.A., Mossa, J.S., and Ageel, A.M. 1989. Evaluation of Turmeric (Curcuma longa) for Gastric and Duodenal Antiulcer Activity in Rats. J. of Ethnopharmacology, 29: 25-34, 1990.
Antiurease	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiuricosuric	1	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Antivaginitic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antivertigo	1	Duke, 1992 *