An official website of the United States government.
Common Names
Mace; Nutmeg; Muskatnussbaum (Ger.); nogal moscado (Sp.); nuez moscada (Sp.)
How this plant is used
Food
Select a Results View:
| 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 |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Mucogenic | 1 | Li, K.M. Effect of zinc sulphate on acetic acid-induced gastric ulceration in rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 657-659, 1990. |
| Mucolytic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Mutagenic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Mycobactericide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Myorelaxant | 7 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| NADH-Oxidase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Narcotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Natriuretic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Nematicide | 16 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| Nematistat | 1 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| NEP-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Neuroprotective | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Neurotoxic | 5 | 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. |
| Neurotransmitter | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NF-kB-Inhibitor | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NO-Genic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NO-Inhibitor | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NO-Synthase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Occuloirritant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor | 3 | Hagerman, A.E. Tannin-Protein Interactions. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.19. |