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
Apium graveolens	Seed	125.0	213.0	-0.3	Duke, 1992 *
Aquilegia vulgaris	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Arachis hypogaea	Seed	250.0	300.0	-0.3	Duke, 1992 *
Arctium lappa	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Areca catechu	Seed	9240.0	30240.0	0.1	Duke, 1992 *
Argemone mexicana	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Artemisia capillaris	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Asimina triloba	Fruit	306.0	4956.0	0.0	Duke, 1992 *
Asparagus officinalis	Shoot	10.0	129.0	1.4	Duke, 1992 *
Astrocaryum vulgare	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Szpiz, R. R., Pereira, D. A., Lago, R. C. A. 1980. Comparison Between Oils From Three Brazilian Palms. Bol. Rec. Cent. Tecnol. Agric. Aliment (Rio de Janeiro) 14: 33-46. Cent Technol Agric Aliment Empresa Brasil Pesqui Aropecu Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Azadirachta indica	Fruit	not available	630.0	-0.2	Duke, 1992 *
Bactris gasipaes	Seed	not available	89000.0	0.9	Duke, 1992 *
Bertholletia excelsa	Seed	6200.0	12600.0	-0.1	Duke, 1992 *
Bidens pilosa	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
Bixa orellana	Seed	85.0	540.0	-0.3	Duke, J. A. and duCellier, J. L. 1993. CRC Handbook of Alternative Cash Crops. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL 33431. 536 pp. US $312.50.
Brassica oleracea	Stem	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Brassica oleracea var. sabellica l.	Leaf	30.0	190.0	-0.6	Duke, 1992 *
Brassica oleracea var. viridis l.	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Calendula officinalis	Seed	10300.0	16100.0	-0.1	Duke, 1992 *
Camellia sinensis	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *