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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 * |
| 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 * |