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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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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
Termitifuge 2 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Testosterone-Hydroxylase-Inducer 1 *
Testosterone-Inducer 1 *
Testosteronigenic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Thymoprotective 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
TNF-alpha-Inhibitor 1 *
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor 1 Bernard, F. X., Sable, S., Cameron, B., Provost, J., Desnottes, J. F., Crouzet, J., Blanche, F. 1997. Glycosylated Flavones as Selective Inhibitors of Topoisomerase IV. Antimicrobial Agents & Chemotherapy, 41: 992-998.
Toxic 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
Tranquilizer 4 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jun-90.
Transdermal 5 *
Trichomonicide 5 Martindale's 29th
Trichomonistat 2 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Trypsin-Enhancer 1 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-93.
Tumor-Promoter 1 *
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor 1 *
Tyrosine-Kinase-Inhibitor 1 *
Ubiquiot 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ulcerogenic 2 Phytotherapy Research, 4: 93.
Uricosuric 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Urinary-Acidulant 1 Martindale's 29th