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
Myristica fragrans	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	3000.0	-1.0	Duke, 1992 *
Myristica fragrans	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Myristica fragrans	Seed	60.0	320000.0	3.9	Duke, 1992 *
Myrtus communis	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.
Nardostachys chinensis	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Nardostachys jatamansi	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Nelumbo nucifera	Seed	10.0	30.0	-0.3	Duke, 1992 *
Nelumbo nucifera	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Nepeta cataria	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Nigella sativa	Seed	567.0	1082.0	-0.3	Duke, 1992 *
Nigella sativa	Seed Oil	1900.0	18000.0	1.4	Duke, 1992 *
Oenothera biennis	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Olea europaea	Fruit	300.0	800.0	-0.2	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
Opuntia ficus-indica	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Origanum vulgare	Plant	1700.0	1831.0	1.1	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
Panax ginseng	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Panax quinquefolius	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Papaver somniferum	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Passiflora incarnata	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Pastinaca sativa	Root	30.0	145.0	-0.5	Duke, 1992 *