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
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.