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
CIS-SABINENE-HYDRATE	0	Seed Essent. Oil	2000.0	7000.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
CITRONELLOL	15	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CITRONELLOL	15	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CITRONELLOL-ACETATE	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COBALT	2	Aril	not available	0.4	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COBALT	2	Seed	not available	0.6	-0.18	Duke, 1992 *
COPAENE	1	Essential Oil	2000.0	8000.0	1.40	Duke, 1992 *
COPAENE	1	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
COPAENE	1	Seed Essent. Oil	2000.0	3000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COPPER	12	Aril	6.0	25.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COPPER	12	Seed	10.0	21.0	0.56	Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN	7	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN	7	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYMENE	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.
D-ALPHA-PINENE	0	Seed	2600.0	64000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
D-BETA-PINENE	0	Seed	1800.0	64000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
D-BORNEOL	4	Seed	4200.0	25600.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DEHYDRODIISOEUGENOL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DEHYDROISOEUGENOL	3	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DEHYDROISOEUGENOL	3	Seed	not available	not available	not available	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
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.