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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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
ALPHA-TERPINENE 13 Leaf 11.0 -0.31 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Plant *
ALPHA-THUJENE 0 Fruit 14.0 -0.58 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALPHA-THUJENE 0 Leaf 20.0 -0.42 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALUMINUM 5 Plant 110.0 -0.54 *
AR-CURCUMENE 3 Plant *
AROMADENDRENE 3 Plant *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Fruit 426.0 -0.26 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Leaf 2012.0 2067.0 -0.25 *
ASH 0 Leaf 76000.0 89000.0 -0.53 *
BARIUM 0 Plant 20.0 -1.38 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Fruit 4.0 -0.14 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Leaf 103.0 120.0 -0.62 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil *
BETA-COPAENE 0 Plant *
BETA-ELEMENE 5 Plant *
BETA-HUMULENE 0 Fruit 405.0 *
BETA-PHELLANDRENE 3 Fruit *
BETA-PHELLANDRENE 3 Plant *
BETA-PINENE 13 Plant *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Litholytic 1 *
MAO-A-Inhibitor 1 *
MAO-Inhibitor 1 *
Memorigenic 1 *
Monoaminergic 1 *
Mosquitocide 1 *
Mosquitofuge 2 *
Motor-Depressant 4 Buchbauer et al, e.g.Buchbauer et al,1993.Therapeutic properties of essential oils and fragrances. Chap.12 in Teranishi,R, Buttery,R.G and Sugisawa,H. Eds. Bioactive Volatile Compounds from Plants. ACS Symposium Series 525. Amer. Chem. Soc., Washington DC
Motor-Stimulant 1 Buchbauer et al, e.g.Buchbauer et al,1993.Therapeutic properties of essential oils and fragrances. Chap.12 in Teranishi,R, Buttery,R.G and Sugisawa,H. Eds. Bioactive Volatile Compounds from Plants. ACS Symposium Series 525. Amer. Chem. Soc., Washington DC
Mucogenic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mucolytic 1 Martindale's 28th
Mutagenic 1 *
Mycobactericide 1 *
Myorelaxant 6 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Narcotic 2 Martindale's 29th
Nematicide 9 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Nephrotoxic 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Neuroprotective 1 *
Neurotoxic 2 R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R.
Neurotransmitter 1 *