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
Camellia sinensis	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Camellia sinensis	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Capparis spinosa	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Capsicum annuum	Fruit	10.0	136.0	-0.3	Duke, 1992 *
Capsicum frutescens	Fruit	10.0	82.0	-0.3	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
Capsicum frutescens	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Carica papaya	Seed Oil	not available	4000.0	-0.6	Jim Duke's personal files.
Carica papaya	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
Carica papaya	Fruit	70.0	627.0	-0.2	Duke, 1992 *
Carica papaya	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
Carica papaya	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Carthamus tinctorius	Seed	3000.0	9390.0	-0.2	Duke, 1992 *
Carum carvi	Fruit	400.0	444.0	-0.2	Duke, 1992 *
Carum carvi	Seed	400.0	444.0	-0.3	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
Carya illinoensis	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Ceiba pentandra	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Abstract (See species file)
Centaurea calcitrapa	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Cicer arietinum	Seed	90.0	100.0	-0.3	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
Cichorium endivia	Leaf	30.0	483.0	-0.4	Duke, 1992 *
Cichorium intybus	Leaf	10.0	204.0	-0.6	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)