Plant Pimenta dioica (Myrtaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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
DOCOSANE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DODECANE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EICOSANE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EIXOSANE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EO	0	Fruit	20000.0	50000.0	0.15	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
EO	0	Leaf	7500.0	12500.0	0.08	Duke, 1992 *
EPICUBENOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EPIGLOBULOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-BENZOATE	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL	76	Flower Essent. Oil	not available	543000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL	76	Fruit	3500.0	36000.0	1.41	Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL	76	Leaf	8348.0	12000.0	0.59	Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL	76	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	792400.0	1.14	Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL-METHYL-ETHER	5	Fruit	8000.0	22500.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL-METHYL-ETHER	5	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Leaf	36000.0	41000.0	-0.31	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Leaf	175000.0	179000.0	0.22	Duke, 1992 *
FLUORINE	0	Plant	not available	5.0	-0.82	Duke, 1992 *
FUFUROL	0	Leaf	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.
FURFURALDEHYDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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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
Litholytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
MAO-A-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
MAO-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Memorigenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Monoaminergic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Mosquitocide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Mosquitofuge	2	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
Mycobactericide	1	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *