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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
(+)-BETA-PINENE 0 Seed Essent. Oil 680000.0 *
(+)-BORNEOL 0 Seed Essent. Oil *
(+)-LIMONENE 0 Seed Essent. Oil 42000.0 -0.68 *
(+)-LINALOOL 0 Seed Essent. Oil *
(+)-MYRISFRAGRANSIN 0 Seed *
(+)-PINENE 0 Seed Essent. Oil *
(-)-EPICATECHIN 38 Seed *
1,8-CINEOL 0 Essential Oil 22000.0 42000.0 -0.62 *
1,8-CINEOL 0 Leaf Essent. Oil *
1,8-CINEOL 0 Seed Essent. Oil 22000.0 32000.0 *
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Seed 440.0 5600.0 0.19 *
1-(3,4,5-TRIMETHOXYPHENYL)-2-(4-ALLYL-2,6-DIME...PROPAN-1-OL 0 Plant *
1-(3,4,5-TRIMETHOXYPHENYL)-2-(4-ALLYL-2,6-DIMETHOX...PROPANE 0 Plant *
1-(3,4-METHYLENEDIOXYPHENYL)-2-(4-ALLYL-2,...PROPYL-ACETATE 0 Plant *
1-(3,4-METHYLENEDIOXYPHENYL)-2-(4-ALLYL-2,...PROPYL-BENZOATE 0 Plant *
1-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXYPHENYL)-2-(4-ALLYL-2,6DI...PROPAN-1-OL 0 Plant *
1-(5-ACETOXY-3,4-DIMETHOXYPHENYL)-2-(4-ALLY...PROPYL-ACETATE 0 Plant *
2-(4-ALLYL-2,6-DIMETHOXYPHENOXY)-1-(3,4,5-TRIMETHOXYPHENYL)-PROPANE 0 Plant *
2-(4-ALLYL-2,6-DIMETHOXYPHENOXY)-1-(3,4-METHYLENEDIOXYPHENYL)-1-PROPANOL 0 Plant *
2-(4-ALLYL-2,6-DIMETHOXYPHENOXY)-1-(3,4-METHYLENEDIOXYPHENYL)-ACETIC-ACID-PROPYL-ESTER 0 Seed *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Cardioprotective 6 *
Cardiotonic 2 *
Cardiotoxic 1 *
Carminative 5 Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994.
Caspase-8-Inducer 1 *
Catabolic 1 *
Chemopreventive 5 *
Cholagogue 2 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Choleretic 8 *
Cholesterolytic 1 *
Choline-Sparing 1 *
Cicatrizant 1 *
Clastogenic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Active 1 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
CNS-Depressant 5 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Stimulant 5 *
CNS-Toxic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Co-carcinogenic 1 *
Coleoptophile 1 *
Collagen-Sparing 1 *