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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2-(4-ALLYL-2,6-DIMETHOXYPHENOXY)-1-(4-ACETOXY-3-METHOXYPHENYL)-ACETIC-ACID-PROPYL-ESTER | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 2-(4-ALLYL-2,6-DIMETHOXYPHENOXY)-1-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXYPHENYL)-1-PROPANOL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 3-METHYL-ACETATE-DEC-4-EN-1-OL | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 3-METHYL-DEC-4-EN-1-OL | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 5-METHOXYDEHYDRODI-ISOEUGENOL | 0 | Aril | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| 5-METHOXYDEHYDRODI-ISOEUGENOL | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| 5-METHOXYEUGENOL | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 6-METHOXYDIHYDROISOEUGENOL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ACETIC-ACID | 16 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ACETIC-ACID | 16 | Seed Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-BERGAMOTENE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | 20000.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-COPAENE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | 3000.0 | -0.52 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-CUBEBENE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | 10000.0 | -0.21 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-FARNESENE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | 40000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-HUMULENE | 2 | Essential Oil | not available | 30000.0 | -0.21 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE | 11 | Essential Oil | 7000.0 | 16000.0 | -0.28 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE | 11 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE | 11 | Seed | 180.0 | 1440.0 | -0.46 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE | 11 | Seed Essent. Oil | 4000.0 | 10000.0 | 1.19 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-PINENE | 28 | Essential Oil | 132000.0 | 265000.0 | 1.77 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Osteogenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Osteolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Ovulant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Oxytocic | 1 | Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp. |
| Ozone-Scavenger | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| P450-2B1-Inhibitor | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| P450-Inducer | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| P450-Inhibitor | 1 | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| PAF-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Pancreatogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Paralytic | 1 | Oriental Materia Medica (three volumes by Dr. Hsu and collaborators) |
| Pediculicide | 2 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Percutaneostimulant | 1 | Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990. |
| Perfume | 2 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Perfumery | 33 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Peristaltic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Pesticide | 60 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PGE2-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Phagocytotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Pheromone | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |