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.
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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
Strychnos nux-vomica	Seed	360.0	450.0	-0.3	Duke, 1992 *
Tamarindus indica	Fruit	70.0	102.0	-0.3	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
Tamarindus indica	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Taraxacum officinale	Pollen Or Spore	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Terminalia catappa	Seed	700.0	5960.0	-0.2	Duke, 1992 *
Terminalia pallida	Seed Oil	not available	2000.0	-0.8	Gunasekar, D., Sreeramulu, K., Rao, K. V. 1992. Fatty Acid Composition of the Seed Oil of Terminalia pallida. Asian J. Chem. 4 2: 400-401.
Tetragonia tetragonioides	Leaf	40.0	665.0	-0.3	Duke, 1992 *
Thespesia populnea	Seed	not available	2000.0	-0.3	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
Thymus vulgaris	Plant	1500.0	1620.0	0.7	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
Trifolium pratense	Pollen Or Spore	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Triticum aestivum	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Tussilago farfara	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Vanilla planifolia	Fruit	not available	12.0	-0.3	Duke, 1992 *
Vernonia cinerea	Seed	3040.0	30400.0	0.1	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
Viburnum prunifolium	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Vicia faba	Seed	not available	0.0	-0.3	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
Vigna radiata	Sprout Seedling	not available	0.0	not available	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
Vigna unguiculata	Fruit	10.0	82.0	-0.3	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
Vigna unguiculata	Shoot	10.0	98.0	-0.7	Duke, 1992 *
Vigna unguiculata	Seed	10.0	11.0	-0.3	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)