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
Psidium guajava	Fruit	120.0	864.0	-0.2	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
Psophocarpus tetragonolobus	Leaf	10.0	43.0	-0.7	Duke, 1992 *
Psophocarpus tetragonolobus	Seed	10.0	305.0	-0.3	Duke, 1992 *
Quisqualis indica	Seed	10350.0	12150.0	-0.1	Duke, 1992 *
Raphanus sativus	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Rhus toxicodendron	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Rosmarinus officinalis	Leaf	1210.0	3755.0	1.9	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
Salvia sp.	Seed	230.0	360.0	-0.3	Duke, 1992 *
Sambucus nigra	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Sambucus nigra	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Secale cereale	Seed	30.0	35.0	-0.3	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
Serenoa repens	Fruit	4800.0	116000.0	5.2	Duke, 1992 *
Serenoa repens	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Sesamum indicum	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Sesamum indicum	Seed	328.0	1728.0	-0.3	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
Silybum marianum	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Solanum tuberosum	Tuber	10.0	48.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Spartium junceum	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Spinacia oleracea	Plant	1.0	950.0	-0.3	Duke, 1992 *
Sterculia urens	Seed	9300.0	12090.0	-0.1	Duke, 1992 *