Chemical MYRISTIC-ACID | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Chemical ID

MYRISTICACID

Ubiquitous

Yes

List of known dosages
Dosage
LD50=43 (ivn mus)

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List of chemical activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Dosage	Reference
Antioxidant	IC71=60	Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive	not available	Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Cosmetic	not available	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypercholesterolemic	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.)
Lubricant	not available	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Nematicide	not available	Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.

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List of chemical plants.
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Plant Name	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
Abelmoschus esculentus	Seed	360.0	1540.0	-0.3	Duke, 1992 *
Abelmoschus moschatus	Seed	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.
Abelmoschus moschatus	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Achillea millefolium	Plant	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.
Aesculus hippocastanum	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
Allium cepa	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Reddy, P. N., Azeemoddin, G., Rao, S. D. T. 1989. Processing and Analysis of Onionseed (Allium cepa) and its Fixed Oil. J. Amer. Oil Chem. Soc., 66(3): 365.
Allium cepa	Bulb	10.0	100.0	-1.0	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
Allium sativum var. sativum	Bulb	not available	614.0	1.0	Duke, 1992 *
Allium schoenoprasum	Leaf	30.0	3635.0	1.8	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
Aloe vera	Juice	not available	not available	not available	Yamaguchi, I., Mega, N., Sanada, H. 1993. Components of the Gel of Aloe vera (L.) Burm. F. Biosci Biotech Biochem 57(8): 1350-1352.
Ammi visnaga	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Anacardium occidentale	Seed	3470.0	3530.0	-0.2	Duke, 1992 *
Ananas comosus	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Wealth of India.
Anethum graveolens	Seed	100.0	108.0	-0.3	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
Anethum graveolens	Fruit	100.0	108.0	-0.3	Duke, 1992 *
Angelica archangelica	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Angelica sinensis	Root	not available	not available	not available	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
Annona muricata	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Annona reticulata	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Apium graveolens	Pt	10.0	190.0	not available	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)