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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TERPIN-1-EN-4-OL | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TERPINEN-4-OL | 23 | Fruit | not available | 1260.0 | -0.17 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TERPINOLENE | 9 | Fruit | not available | 42.0 | -0.48 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| TERPINOLENE | 9 | Leaf | not available | 27.0 | -0.20 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| TERPINOLENE | 9 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TETRACOSANE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TETRADECANE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| THIAMIN | 31 | Fruit | not available | 1.1 | -0.54 | Duke, 1992 * |
| THIAMIN | 31 | Leaf | 1.1 | 1.7 | -1.38 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TOLUENE | 1 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRANS-2-HEXENAL | 4 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRANS-ANETHOLE | 8 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRANS-BETA-OCIMENE | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRANS-OCIMENE | 0 | Fruit | not available | 35.0 | -1.00 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| TRANS-OCIMENE | 0 | Leaf | not available | 17.0 | -0.89 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| TRANS-P-MENTHA-1(10),5,DIENE-2-OL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRICOSANE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRIDECANE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| UNDECANE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VALERALDEHYDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antidyskinetic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antidysmenorrheic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antidyspeptic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidysphagic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antieczemic | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiedemic | 8 | Shimizu,*M., et al. 1990. Anti-inflammatory Constituents of Topically Applied Crude Drugs. IV.1) Constituents and Anti-inflammatory Effect of Paraguayan Crude Drug 'Alhucema' (Lavandula latifolia Vill.)2). Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(8): 2283-2284, 1990. |
| Antielastase | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiencephalitic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiencephalopathic | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiendometriotic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antienterococcic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antienterotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiepileptic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiescherichic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiesophagitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiestrogenic | 2 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antifatigue | 7 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antifeedant | 11 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antifertility | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antifibromyalgic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |