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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
CHROMIUM 24 Plant not available 5.0 -0.40 Duke, 1992 *
CINEOLE 0 Plant not available 690.0 -0.55 Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMALDEHYDE 60 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-3-HEXENOL 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-ALPHA-BERGAMOTENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-BETA-OCIMENE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-OCIMENE 3 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
COBALT 2 Plant not available 0.1 -0.48 Duke, 1992 *
CONIFERALDEHYDE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CONIFERALDEHYDE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
COPAENE 1 Fruit not available 15.0 -0.71 Duke, 1992 *
COPAENE 1 Leaf not available 9.0 -0.63 Duke, 1992 *
COPPER 12 Bud 5.0 10.0 not available USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
CUBENENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYCLOSATIVENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-3-CARENE 8 Fruit not available 30.0 -0.56 Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-CADINENE 9 Fruit not available 51.0 -0.46 Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-CADINENE 9 Leaf not available 50.0 -0.25 Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-CADINENE 9 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-SELINENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiangiogenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarrhythmic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic 8 Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic 7 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiatherosclerotic 8 Duke, 1992 *
Antibacillary 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antibackache 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial 23 Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994.
Antiberiberi 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiBPH 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antibronchitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer 4 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *