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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
NEROL 10 Essential Oil *
NEROL-ACETATE 0 Essential Oil *
OCTANOIC-ACID 5 Seed Essent. Oil *
OLEANOLIC-ACID 64 Seed Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed 13000.0 176000.0 0.47 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed Essent. Oil *
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Seed 7.0 -0.52 *
P-CYMEN-8-OL 0 Essential Oil *
P-CYMENE 16 Essential Oil 5000.0 8000.0 -0.57 *
P-CYMENE 16 Leaf Essent. Oil *
P-CYMENE 16 Seed 120.0 960.0 -0.48 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
P-CYMENE 16 Seed Essent. Oil 6000.0 43000.0 0.48 *
P-MENTH-CIS-2-EN-1-OL 0 Essential Oil 1000.0 3000.0 *
P-MENTH-CIS-2-EN-1-OL 0 Seed Essent. Oil 1000.0 4000.0 *
P-MENTH-TRANS-2-EN-1-OL 0 Essential Oil *
P-MENTH-TRANS-2-ENE-1,4-DIOL 0 Essential Oil *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Seed 25000.0 128000.0 1.94 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Seed Essent. Oil *
PECTIN 24 Seed 5000.0 6000.0 -0.98 *
PENTADECANOIC-ACID 1 Seed *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Gastroprotective 2 *
Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor 1 *
Gonadotrophic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Gram(+)icide 1 *
Gram(-)icide 1 *
GST-Inducer 1 *
Hallucinogenic 2 R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R.
Hemolytic 1 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Hemostat 2 *
Hepatocarcinogenic 2 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Hepatomagenic 1 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp.
Hepatoprotective 8 *
Hepatoregenerative 1 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Hepatotonic 1 *
Hepatotoxic 2 Martindale's 29th
Hepatotropic 1 *
Herbicide 13 Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.
Histamine-Inhibitor 1 *
Histaminic 1 *
HIV-RT-Inhibitor 2 Garcia, J., Morin,* C., Nyasse, B., Sondengam, B-L., Tchouankeu, J-C., and Tsamo, E. Complete Structural Assignments Of An Ergosterol Derivative From Entandrophragma utile. Journal of Natural Products, 54(1): 136-142, 1991.