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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Myristica fragrans

Common Name
Kucuk Hindistancevizi Ag; Jou Kuo; Nutmeg; Jou Tou K'Ou; Mace; Buah pala; Noix De Muscade; Nuez Moscada; Muscade; Notenmuskaatboom; Jou Kou Hua; Jou Tou Hua; Kembang pala diluar; Nux Moschata

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Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Country/Region Reference
Abdomen Java *
Abortifacient Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Ache(Stomach) Elsewhere *
Anodyne Java *
Apertif China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Aphrodisiac Elsewhere *
Aphrodisiac Elsewhere *
Asthma Trinidad *
Asthma Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Astringent China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Astringent Elsewhere *
Bactericide Elsewhere *
Bladder Elsewhere *
Cancer New Zealand Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Carminative China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Carminative China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Carminative Moluccas Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Carminative Elsewhere *
Carminative Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Cramps Java *