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
Lycopodium clavatum	Pollen Or Spore	not available	not available	not available	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
Macadamia spp	Seed	4680.0	6200.0	-0.2	Duke, 1992 *
Maclura pomifera	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Malus domestica	Fruit	20.0	124.0	-0.3	Duke, 1992 *
Mangifera indica	Fruit	90.0	492.0	-0.2	Duke, 1992 *
Medicago sativa	Plant	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.
Mentha pulegium	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Mentha spicata	Leaf	40.0	275.0	-0.6	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
Mentha x piperita	Leaf	60.0	280.0	-0.5	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
Momordica charantia	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
Momordica charantia	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
Morinda citrifolia	Fruit	not available	0.1	-0.3	Duke, 1992 *
Moringa oleifera	Shoot	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.
Moringa oleifera	Seed	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.
Morus alba	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Mucuna pruriens	Seed	15.0	125.0	-0.3	Duke, 1992 *
Murraya sp	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Musa x paradisiaca	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Musa x paradisiaca	Fruit	30.0	117.0	-0.3	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
Myrica cerifera	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses