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Plant Myristica fragrans (Myristicaceae)

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.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
GERANIOL-ACETATE 0 Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GERANYL-ACETATE 5 Seed 20.0 160.0 not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
GERMACRENE-D 2 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE 7 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLYCERYL-TRIMYRISTATE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLYCERYL-TRIMYRISTATE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLYCERYL-TRIMYRISTATE 0 Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GUAIACIN 0 Aril not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEPTADECANOIC-ACID 1 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEPTADECANOIC-ACID 1 Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEXADECANOIC-ACID 0 Seed not available not available not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
IPURANOL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Aril 126.0 140.0 0.80 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
IRON 6 Seed 30.0 45.0 -0.49 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ISO-TRANS-EUGENOL 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOELEMICIN 3 Seed not available 150.0 not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ISOEUGENOL 16 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOEUGENOL 16 Seed 40.0 320.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOEUGENOL 16 Seed Essent. Oil 1000.0 2000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOEUGENOL-METHYL-ETHER 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiprogestational 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiprolactin 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiproliferant 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostaglandin 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostanoid 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatadenomic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antiprostatitic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipruritic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antipsoriac 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipyretic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiradicular 6 Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994.
AntiRaynaud's 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiretinopathic 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antirheumatalgic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antirheumatic 4 Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp.
Antirhinitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antirhinoviral 1 Denyer, C.V., Jackson, P., Loakes, D.M., Ellis, M.R., and Yound, D.A.B. Isolation of Antirhinoviral Sesquiterpenes From Ginger (Zingiber officinale). Journal of Natural Products, 57(5): 658-662, 1994.
Antisalmonella 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antisarcomic 1 Duke, 1992 *