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

Chemical ID

MYRISTICACID

Ubiquitous

Yes

List of known dosages
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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
Cichorium intybus	Root	30.0	150.0	-0.5	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
Cinnamomum camphora	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Cinnamomum verum	Seed	21900.0	25550.0	0.0	Wealth of India.
Citrullus colocynthis	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Citrullus lanatus	Seed	400.0	800.0	-0.3	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
Citrus aurantiifolia	Fruit	10.0	85.0	-0.3	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
Citrus reticulata	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Citrus reticulata	Fruit	10.0	80.0	-0.3	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
Cocos nucifera	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
Cocos nucifera	Seed	7650.0	133015.0	1.4	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
Coffea arabica	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Coix lacryma-jobi	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
Coriandrum sativum	Fruit	200.0	219.0	-0.3	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
Corylus avellana	Seed	11000.0	14300.0	-0.1	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
Croton tiglium	Seed	22500.0	37500.0	0.2	Duke, 1992 *
Cucumis melo	Fruit	1500.0	8920.0	0.2	Duke, 1992 *
Cucumis sativus	Fruit	10.0	253.0	-0.3	Duke, 1992 *
Cucurbita foetidissima	Seed	486.0	680.0	-0.3	Duke, 1992 *
Cucurbita pepo	Flower	50.0	1030.0	1.0	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
Cucurbita pepo	Fruit	60.0	714.0	-0.2	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)