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Plant 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
TERPINOLENE 9 Seed 340.0 2720.0 1.68 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
TERPINOLENE 9 Seed Essent. Oil 14000.0 26000.0 1.71 Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN 31 Aril not available 3.0 0.23 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
THIAMIN 31 Seed 3.0 4.0 -0.62 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
TRANS-ISOELEMICIN 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-ISOELEMICIN 0 Seed Essent. Oil not available 1000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-ISOEUGENOL 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-ISOEUGENOL-METHYL-ETHER 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-PIPERITOL 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-SABINENE-HYDRATE 0 Essential Oil 3000.0 9000.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-SABINENE-HYDRATE 0 Seed 60.0 480.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-SABINENE-HYDRATE 0 Seed Essent. Oil 3000.0 8000.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
TRIDECANOIC-ACID 2 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRIDECANOIC-ACID 2 Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRIMYRISTIN 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRIMYRISTIN 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VANILLIN 28 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
WATER 0 Aril 82000.0 159000.0 -1.38 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
WATER 0 Seed 62000.0 143000.0 -0.32 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ZINC 77 Aril not available 20.0 not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
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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
Antiallergenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiallergic 7 J. Food Hyg. Soc. Jap. 33(6): 569.
Antialopecic 4 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antialzheimeran 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antialzheimeran? 1 Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Antianaphylactic 4 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiandrogenic 4 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antianemic 4 Martindale's 29th
Antianginal 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiangiogenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antianorectic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antianorexic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antianxiety 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiarabiflavinotic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiarachidonate 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarrhythmic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarteriosclerotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic 7 Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic 6 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiatherogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *