Plant Myristica fragrans (Myristicaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Mace; Nutmeg; Muskatnussbaum (Ger.); nogal moscado (Sp.); nuez moscada (Sp.)

How this plant is used

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
(+)-BETA-PINENE	0	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	680000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-BORNEOL	0	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-LIMONENE	0	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	42000.0	-0.68	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-LINALOOL	0	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-MYRISFRAGRANSIN	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-PINENE	0	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-EPICATECHIN	38	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1,8-CINEOL	0	Essential Oil	22000.0	42000.0	-0.62	Duke, 1992 *
1,8-CINEOL	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1,8-CINEOL	0	Seed Essent. Oil	22000.0	32000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1,8-CINEOLE	67	Seed	440.0	5600.0	0.19	Duke, 1992 *
1-(3,4,5-TRIMETHOXYPHENYL)-2-(4-ALLYL-2,6-DIME...PROPAN-1-OL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1-(3,4,5-TRIMETHOXYPHENYL)-2-(4-ALLYL-2,6-DIMETHOX...PROPANE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1-(3,4-METHYLENEDIOXYPHENYL)-2-(4-ALLYL-2,...PROPYL-ACETATE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1-(3,4-METHYLENEDIOXYPHENYL)-2-(4-ALLYL-2,...PROPYL-BENZOATE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXYPHENYL)-2-(4-ALLYL-2,6DI...PROPAN-1-OL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1-(5-ACETOXY-3,4-DIMETHOXYPHENYL)-2-(4-ALLY...PROPYL-ACETATE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-(4-ALLYL-2,6-DIMETHOXYPHENOXY)-1-(3,4,5-TRIMETHOXYPHENYL)-PROPANE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-(4-ALLYL-2,6-DIMETHOXYPHENOXY)-1-(3,4-METHYLENEDIOXYPHENYL)-1-PROPANOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-(4-ALLYL-2,6-DIMETHOXYPHENOXY)-1-(3,4-METHYLENEDIOXYPHENYL)-ACETIC-ACID-PROPYL-ESTER	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
(-)-Chronotropic	2	Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
(-)-Inotropic	2	Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
11B-HSD-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	4	Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
Abortifacient	2	Duke, 1992 *
Absorbent	1	Martindale's 29th
Acaricide	7	Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor	6	Duke, 1992 *
Acetylcholinergic	1	Duke, 1992 *
AChE-Inhibitor	1	Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Acidulant	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	10	Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic	9	Duke, 1992 *
Allelopathic	7	Duke, 1992 *
Allergenic	19	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Amphetaminagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Amphiglycemic?	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.