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Common Names
Mace; Nutmeg; Muskatnussbaum (Ger.); nogal moscado (Sp.); nuez moscada (Sp.)
How this plant is used
Food
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| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ISOEUGENOL-METHYL-ETHER | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| KAEMPFEROL | 75 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LAURIC-ACID | 7 | Seed | 375.0 | 1600.0 | -0.50 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LAURIC-ACID | 7 | Seed Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LICARIN-A | 2 | Aril | not available | not available | not available | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| LICARIN-B | 1 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LIMONENE | 60 | Essential Oil | 36000.0 | 44000.0 | -0.48 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LIMONENE | 60 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LIMONENE | 60 | Seed | 720.0 | 5760.0 | -0.35 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LIMONENE | 60 | Seed Essent. Oil | 31000.0 | 119000.0 | -0.37 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALOL | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALOOL | 53 | Essential Oil | 2000.0 | 10000.0 | -0.54 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALOOL | 53 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALOOL | 53 | Seed Essent. Oil | 2000.0 | 106000.0 | -0.16 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALOOL-ACETATE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALOOL-ACETATE | 0 | Seed Essent. Oil | not available | 15000.0 | -0.71 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINOLEIC-ACID | 27 | Seed | 0.0 | 6000.0 | -0.87 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MACILENIC-ACID | 0 | Aril | not available | 50000.0 | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| MACILOLIC-ACID | 0 | Aril | not available | 50000.0 | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| MAGNESIUM | 65 | Aril | not available | 1630.0 | not available | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitriglyceride | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antitrypanosomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitubercular | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Breast) | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Cervix) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Colon) | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Ovary) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Pancreas) | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Prostate) | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Skin) | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Stomach) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |