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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
BETA-SELINENE 3 Plant *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Fruit 570.0 590.0 -0.02 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
BORON 4 Fruit 9.0 25.0 -0.30 Betting on Boron, Unpublished draft by J. A. Duke on file at USDA, draft and papers relating to boron percentages. Includes Internat. Z. Vit. Ern. Forschung 43:1973 (boron).
CADMIUM 3 Plant 0.1 -0.82 *
CALAMANENE 0 Fruit 90.0 *
CALAMENENE 0 Fruit 90.0 -0.59 *
CALCIUM 28 Fruit 7224.0 8000.0 0.96 *
CALCIUM 28 Leaf 10056.0 11166.0 -0.50 *
CALCIUM-OXALATE 4 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CAMPESTEROL 2 Fruit 10.0 -0.57 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
CARBOHYDRATE 0 Plant 749000.0 757000.0 0.76 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Plant 749000.0 757000.0 0.54 *
CARYOPHYLLENE 31 Fruit 1341.0 -0.36 *
CARYOPHYLLENE 31 Leaf 760.0 -0.24 *
CARYOPHYLLENE-ALCOHOL 1 Plant *
CARYOPHYLLENE-ALDEHYDE 0 Plant *
CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE 8 Plant *
CATECHINS 1 Fruit Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
CHAVICOL 3 Fruit 1400.0 2400.0 1.39 *
CHAVICOL 3 Leaf *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiangiogenic 2 *
Antianorectic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antianorexic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antianxiety 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiarabiflavinotic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiarachidonate 1 *
Antiarrhythmic 4 *
Antiarthritic 8 *
Antiasthmatic 7 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiatherosclerotic 8 *
Antibacillary 1 *
Antibackache 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial 23 Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994.
Antiberiberi 1 *
AntiBPH 1 *
Antibronchitic 1 *
Anticancer 4 *
Anticancer (Breast) 1 Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Anticancer (Cervix) 2 Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Anticancer (Lung) 1 *