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
METHYL-EUGENOL	20	Leaf	not available	190.0	-0.78	Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE	22	Fruit	not available	45.0	-0.38	Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE	22	Leaf	not available	20.0	-0.17	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
NIACIN	39	Fruit	not available	3.1	-0.77	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
NIACIN	39	Leaf	1.4	1.8	-1.16	Duke, 1992 *
NONADECANE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTADECANE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTANOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMEN-8-OL	0	Fruit	not available	18.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMEN-8-OL	0	Leaf	not available	13.0	-0.28	Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENE	16	Fruit	not available	87.0	-0.57	Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENE	16	Leaf	not available	78.0	-0.34	Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENE	16	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PENTADECANE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PENTANOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Fruit	1100.0	1235.0	-0.60	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Leaf	1173.0	1399.0	-0.66	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOSTEROL	0	Fruit	610.0	665.0	not available	Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
PHYTOSTEROLS	2	Fruit	not available	666.0	-0.36	Duke, 1992 *
PIMENTOL	0	Fruit	not available	800.0	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
Anticorneotic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticoronary	4	Duke, 1992 *
AntiCrohn's	2	Martindale's 29th
AntiCTS	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiCVI	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidandruff	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidecubitic	3	Martindale's 28th
Antideliriant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidementia	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antidepressant	5	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidermatitic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidiabetic	10	Duke, 1992 *
Antidiscotic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Aluminum)	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antidote (Cadmium)	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Lead)	3	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Mercury)	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Paraquat)	1	Martindale's 28th
Antidote (Strychnine)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidysgeuzic	1	Duke, 1992 *