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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAMPHOR | 41 | Seed Essent. Oil | not available | 34000.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAPRYLIC-ACID | 5 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | 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 | not available | 14000.0 | -0.84 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAR-3-ENE | 0 | Seed Essent. Oil | not available | 24000.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Aril | not available | 478000.0 | -0.27 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Seed | not available | 285000.0 | -0.95 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| CARYOPHYLLENE | 31 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CATECHINS | 1 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | 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 | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CEROTINIC-ACID | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| CHROMIUM | 24 | Aril | not available | 13.2 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHROMIUM | 24 | Seed | not available | 16.4 | 1.71 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-ISOELEMICIN | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-ISOELEMICIN | 0 | Seed Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-P-MENT-2-EN-1-OL | 0 | Seed | 20.0 | 160.0 | not available | 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-PIPERITOL | 0 | Seed | 20.0 | 160.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-PIPERITOL | 0 | Seed Essent. Oil | 1000.0 | 6000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-SABINENE-HYDRATE | 0 | Essential Oil | 2000.0 | 5000.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-SABINENE-HYDRATE | 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. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antitumor-Promoter | 4 | Cancer Research, 48: 5941. |
| Antitussive | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiulcer | 13 | Yamahara, J., et al. Stomachic principles in ginger. II. Pungent and anti-ulcer effects of low polar constituents isolated from ginger, the dried rhizoma of... Yakugaku Zasshi 112: 645-655 (1992). |
| Antiulcerogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiuricosuric | 1 | Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp. |
| Antivaccinia | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207. |
| Antivaginitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antivaricose | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antiviral | 17 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiviral? | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiyeast | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anxiolytic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Apifuge | 1 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Apoptotic | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Aromatase-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Artemicide | 2 | Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990. |
| Ascaricide | 1 | Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus. |
| Astringent | 2 | Merck 11th Edition |
| ATPase-Inhibitor | 1 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| Bacteriostatic | 1 | Chin. J. Tuber. Respir. Dis. |