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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
GAMMA-CADINENE 0 Fruit not available 51.0 -0.08 Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-CADINENE 0 Leaf not available 50.0 0.07 Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-TERPINENE 11 Fruit not available 35.0 -0.64 Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-TERPINENE 11 Leaf not available 17.0 -0.34 Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-TERPINENE 11 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GERANYL-ACETATE 5 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLOBULOL 0 Fruit not available 33.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
GLYCOSIDES 0 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.
HEPTADECANE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEPTANAL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEXADECANE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEXANOL 3 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HUMULENE-EPOXIDE-I 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HUMULENE-EPOXIDE-II 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
INTERMEDIOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Fruit 60.0 85.0 -0.19 Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Leaf 76.0 95.0 -0.68 Duke, 1992 *
ISOCARYOPHYLLENE 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOEUGENOL 16 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOEUGENOL 16 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Antimanic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antimastalgic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimastitic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimeasles 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antimelanomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiMeniere's 1 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Antimenopausal 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antimenorrhagic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimetastatic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antimetastatic (Stomach) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimigraine 4 Martindale's 29th
Antimite 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimitotic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antimitral-valve-prolapse 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiMS 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimutagenic 9 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
Antimyalgic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antimyocarditic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antinephrolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antineuralgic 2 Duke, 1992 *