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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NEROL | 10 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NEROL-ACETATE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OCTANOIC-ACID | 5 | Seed Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OLEANOLIC-ACID | 64 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| OLEIC-ACID | 18 | Seed | 13000.0 | 176000.0 | 0.47 | Duke, 1992 * |
| OLEIC-ACID | 18 | Seed Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-COUMARIC-ACID | 25 | Seed | not available | 7.0 | -0.52 | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-CYMEN-8-OL | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-CYMENE | 16 | Essential Oil | 5000.0 | 8000.0 | -0.57 | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-CYMENE | 16 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-MENTH-CIS-2-EN-1-OL | 0 | Essential Oil | 1000.0 | 3000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-MENTH-CIS-2-EN-1-OL | 0 | Seed Essent. Oil | 1000.0 | 4000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-MENTH-TRANS-2-EN-1-OL | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-MENTH-TRANS-2-ENE-1,4-DIOL | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | Seed | 25000.0 | 128000.0 | 1.94 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | Seed Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PECTIN | 24 | Seed | 5000.0 | 6000.0 | -0.98 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PENTADECANOIC-ACID | 1 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | 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 * |