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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.
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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 not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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BORON 4 Fruit 9.0 25.0 -0.30 Betting on Boron, Unpublished draft by J. A. Duke on file at USDA, draft and papers relating to boron percentages.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 not available 0.1 -0.82 Duke, 1992 *
CALAMANENE 0 Fruit not available 90.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CALAMENENE 0 Fruit not available 90.0 -0.59 Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Fruit 7224.0 8000.0 0.96 Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Leaf 10056.0 11166.0 -0.50 Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM-OXALATE 4 Fruit not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CAMPESTEROL 2 Fruit not available 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 Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Plant 749000.0 757000.0 0.54 Duke, 1992 *
CARYOPHYLLENE 31 Fruit not available 1341.0 -0.36 Duke, 1992 *
CARYOPHYLLENE 31 Leaf not available 760.0 -0.24 Duke, 1992 *
CARYOPHYLLENE-ALCOHOL 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CARYOPHYLLENE-ALDEHYDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE 8 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CATECHINS 1 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.
CHAVICOL 3 Fruit 1400.0 2400.0 1.39 Duke, 1992 *
CHAVICOL 3 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Hemopoietic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hemostat 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hepatocarcinogenic 1 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Hepatoprotective 4 Duke, 1992 *
Hepatotonic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Hepatotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Herbicide 8 Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.
Histaminic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Hyaluronidase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hyperglycemic 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Hypertensive 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Hypnotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hypocholesterolemic 12 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypoglycemic 10 Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989.
Hypolipidemic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Hypotensive 12 Duke, 1992 *
Hypothermic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Hypotriglyceridemic 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Hypouricemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Immunomodulator 7 Duke, 1992 *