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
1,8-CINEOL	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1,8-CINEOLE	67	Fruit	not available	142.0	-0.42	Duke, 1992 *
1,8-CINEOLE	67	Leaf	not available	51.0	-0.52	Duke, 1992 *
1-OCTEN-3-OLE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
10-(ALPHA)-CADINOL	0	Fruit	66.0	1000.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
10-EPI-(ALPHA)-CADINOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
10-EPIZONARENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-METHYL-BUTANOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-METHYL-BUTYL-ACETATE	0	Fruit	not available	3.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-OCTANON	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4,8-EPOXYTERPINOLENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACETONE	3	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALLO-AROMADENDRENE	0	Fruit	not available	204.0	-0.64	Duke, 1992 *
ALLO-AROMADENDRENE	0	Leaf	not available	12.0	-0.20	Duke, 1992 *
ALLO-AROMADENDRENE	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CADINENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-COPAENE	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-GURJUNENE	0	Fruit	not available	42.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-GURJUNENE	0	Leaf	not available	5.0	-0.58	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-GURJUNENE	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	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
Antiviral	12	Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral?	1	Martindale's 29th
Antixerophthalmic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anxiolytic	5	Duke, 1992 *
AP-1-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Apifuge	1	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Apoptotic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Artemicide	2	Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990.
Asthma-preventive	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Astringent	1	Martindale's 28th
ATPase-Inhibitor	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Bacteriostatic	1	Chin. J. Tuber. Respir. Dis.
Bacteristat	2	Duke, 1992 *
Barbituate-Synergist	1	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Blocker	2	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Bronchoprotectant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Bronchorelaxant	1	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Bruchiphobe	1	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.