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Plant 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.
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
BETA-SELINENE 3 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Fruit 570.0 590.0 -0.02 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
BORON 4 Fruit 9.0 25.0 -0.30 Betting on Boron, Unpublished draft by J. A. Duke on file at USDA, draft and papers relating to boron percentages. Includes Internat. Z. Vit. Ern. Forschung 43:1973 (boron).
CADMIUM 3 Plant not available 0.1 -0.82 Duke, 1992 *
CALAMANENE 0 Fruit not available 90.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CALAMENENE 0 Fruit not available 90.0 -0.59 Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Fruit 7224.0 8000.0 0.96 Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Leaf 10056.0 11166.0 -0.50 Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM-OXALATE 4 Fruit 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.
CAMPESTEROL 2 Fruit not available 10.0 -0.57 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
CARBOHYDRATE 0 Plant 749000.0 757000.0 0.76 Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Plant 749000.0 757000.0 0.54 Duke, 1992 *
CARYOPHYLLENE 31 Fruit not available 1341.0 -0.36 Duke, 1992 *
CARYOPHYLLENE 31 Leaf not available 760.0 -0.24 Duke, 1992 *
CARYOPHYLLENE-ALCOHOL 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CARYOPHYLLENE-ALDEHYDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE 8 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CATECHINS 1 Fruit not available not available not available Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
CHAVICOL 3 Fruit 1400.0 2400.0 1.39 Duke, 1992 *
CHAVICOL 3 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiischemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antikeratitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antikeratotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antikeshan 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiklebsiellic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antilaryngitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antileishmanic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antilepric 2 Martindale's 28th
Antileukemic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukonychic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukoplakic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antilipoperoxidant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antilupus 1 Martindale's 28th
AntiLyme 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antilymphomic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antimaculitic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antimalarial 2 Rukunga, G. and Simons, A. J. 2006. The Potential of Plants as a Source of Antimalarial Agents - A Review. Africa Herbal Antimalaria Meeting. PlantaPhile Publications, Berlin. 72 pp.
Antimange 1 Duke, 1992 *