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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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
CAMPHOR 41 Seed Essent. Oil 34000.0 -1.00 *
CAPRYLIC-ACID 5 Seed List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CAR-3-ENE 0 Essential Oil 14000.0 -0.84 *
CAR-3-ENE 0 Seed Essent. Oil 24000.0 1.00 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Aril 478000.0 -0.27 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Seed 285000.0 -0.95 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CARYOPHYLLENE 31 Essential Oil *
CATECHINS 1 Seed Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
CEROTIC-ACID 0 Seed *
CEROTINIC-ACID 0 Seed List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CHROMIUM 24 Aril 13.2 *
CHROMIUM 24 Seed 16.4 1.71 *
CIS-ISOELEMICIN 0 Essential Oil *
CIS-ISOELEMICIN 0 Seed Essent. Oil *
CIS-P-MENT-2-EN-1-OL 0 Seed 20.0 160.0 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
CIS-PIPERITOL 0 Essential Oil 1000.0 12000.0 1.00 *
CIS-PIPERITOL 0 Seed 20.0 160.0 *
CIS-PIPERITOL 0 Seed Essent. Oil 1000.0 6000.0 *
CIS-SABINENE-HYDRATE 0 Essential Oil 2000.0 5000.0 -1.00 *
CIS-SABINENE-HYDRATE 0 Seed Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antithromboxane 1 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jul-87.
Antithyroid 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitinnitic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
AntiTNF 2 *
Antitriglyceride 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antitrypanosomic 1 *
Antitubercular 1 *
Antitumor 14 Zheng, G-Q., Kenney, P.M., and Lam, L.K.T. Sesquiterpenes From Clove (Eugenia caryophyllata) As Potential Anticarcinogenic Agents. Journal of Natural Products 55(7): 999-1003, 1992.
Antitumor (Bladder) 1 *
Antitumor (Breast) 4 *
Antitumor (Cervix) 1 *
Antitumor (Colon) 4 *
Antitumor (Kidney) 1 Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46.
Antitumor (Lung) 3 *
Antitumor (Ovary) 1 *
Antitumor (Pancreas) 3 *
Antitumor (Prostate) 2 *
Antitumor (Skin) 2 *
Antitumor (Stomach) 1 *