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
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Seed Essent. Oil	106000.0	265000.0	1.09	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE	13	Essential Oil	14000.0	42000.0	0.40	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE	13	Seed	400.0	3200.0	2.00	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALPHA-TERPINENE	13	Seed Essent. Oil	8000.0	40000.0	1.54	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL	23	Essential Oil	6000.0	14000.0	-0.15	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL	23	Seed	120.0	9600.0	2.43	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL	23	Seed Essent. Oil	50000.0	77000.0	-0.25	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL ACETATE	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-THUJENE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
ALPHA-THUJENE	0	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	30000.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
AMYLODEXTRIN	0	Seed	not available	250000.0	not available	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
ARSENIC	2	Seed	not available	0.0	-0.74	Chen, H.C. and Lin, S.M. 1988. Determination of Mineral Elements in Certain Crude Drugs (Part 1), Kaohsiung J. Med. Sci., 4: 259-272.
BETA-BISABOLENE	6	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE	0	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PHELLANDRENE	3	Essential Oil	not available	20000.0	0.63	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PHELLANDRENE	3	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	34000.0	0.32	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE	13	Essential Oil	80000.0	150000.0	2.60	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
Antiototic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antioxidant	30	Jim Duke's personal files.
Antipancreatitic	1	Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antipellagric	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiperiodontal	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiperiodontic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiperiodontitic	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiperistaltic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipermeability	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiperoxidant	5	Planta Medica, 57: A54, 1991.
AntiPGE2	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipharyngitic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiphotophobic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiplaque	6	Duke, 1992 *
Antiplasmodial	2	Duke, 1992 *
AntiPMS	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antipneumonic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipodriac	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipolio	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipoliomyelitic	1	Duke, 1992 *