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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
ALPHA-HUMULENE 2 Fruit not available 405.0 -0.40 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-HUMULENE 2 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-MAALIENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-MUUROLENE 0 Fruit not available 315.0 -0.38 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALPHA-MUUROLENE 0 Leaf not available 45.0 1.65 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALPHA-MUUROLENE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-P-DIMETHYL-STYRENE 0 Fruit not available 15.0 -1.16 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-P-DIMETHYL-STYRENE 0 Leaf not available 9.0 0.00 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PALUSTRINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Fruit not available 6.0 -0.57 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Leaf not available 59.0 -0.27 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Fruit not available 14.0 -0.72 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Leaf not available 20.0 -0.22 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-SANTALENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-SELINENE 3 Fruit not available 315.0 -0.18 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALPHA-SELINENE 3 Leaf not available 45.0 0.11 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALPHA-SELINENE 3 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE 13 Fruit not available 3.0 -0.44 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
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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
Calcium-Antagonist 6 Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive 19 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Cancer-Preventive? 1 Duke, 1992 *
Candidicide 7 Martindale's 28th
Candidistat 3 Duke, 1992 *
Capillarigenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Capillariprotective 1 Duke, 1992 *
Carcinogenic 2 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Carcinogenic? 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Cardiomyopathogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Cardioprotective 9 Duke, 1992 *
Cardioprotective? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Cardiotonic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Carminative 3 Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994.
Caspase-8-Inducer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive 3 Duke, 1992 *
Choleretic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Cholesterolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *