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
Gastroprotective	2	Duke, 1992 *
Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Gonadotrophic	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Gram(+)icide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Gram(-)icide	1	Duke, 1992 *
GST-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
Hepatoregenerative	1	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Hepatotonic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hepatotoxic	2	Martindale's 29th
Hepatotropic	1	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
Histaminic	1	Duke, 1992 *
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.