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

Food

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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
2-(4-ALLYL-2,6-DIMETHOXYPHENOXY)-1-(4-ACETOXY-3-METHOXYPHENYL)-ACETIC-ACID-PROPYL-ESTER	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-(4-ALLYL-2,6-DIMETHOXYPHENOXY)-1-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXYPHENYL)-1-PROPANOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-METHYL-ACETATE-DEC-4-EN-1-OL	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-METHYL-DEC-4-EN-1-OL	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
5-METHOXYDEHYDRODI-ISOEUGENOL	0	Aril	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
5-METHOXYDEHYDRODI-ISOEUGENOL	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
5-METHOXYEUGENOL	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
6-METHOXYDIHYDROISOEUGENOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACETIC-ACID	16	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACETIC-ACID	16	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-BERGAMOTENE	0	Essential Oil	not available	20000.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-COPAENE	0	Essential Oil	not available	3000.0	-0.52	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CUBEBENE	0	Essential Oil	not available	10000.0	-0.21	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-FARNESENE	0	Essential Oil	not available	40000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-HUMULENE	2	Essential Oil	not available	30000.0	-0.21	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE	11	Essential Oil	7000.0	16000.0	-0.28	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE	11	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE	11	Seed	180.0	1440.0	-0.46	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE	11	Seed Essent. Oil	4000.0	10000.0	1.19	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Essential Oil	132000.0	265000.0	1.77	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
Antimutagenic	11	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
Antimyocarditic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 199.
Antinephritic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antinephrolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antinesidioblastosic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antineuralgic	2	Martindale's 28th
Antineurasthenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antineuritic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antineuropathic	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antineurotic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antinitrosaminic	6	Ki Soon Rhee. Oilseed Food Ingredients Used To Minimize Oxidative Flavor Deterioration in Meat Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.18.
Antinitrosating	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antinociceptive	5	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antinyctalopic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiobesity	6	Duke, 1992 *
Antionychyotic	1	Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp.
Antiophidic	3	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antiosteoarthritic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiosteoporotic	7	Duke, 1992 *
Antiotitic	2	Martindale's 28th