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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAMPHOR | 41 | Seed Essent. Oil | not available | 34000.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAPRYLIC-ACID | 5 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| CAR-3-ENE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | 14000.0 | -0.84 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAR-3-ENE | 0 | Seed Essent. Oil | not available | 24000.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Aril | not available | 478000.0 | -0.27 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Seed | not available | 285000.0 | -0.95 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| CARYOPHYLLENE | 31 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CATECHINS | 1 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| CEROTIC-ACID | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CEROTINIC-ACID | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| CHROMIUM | 24 | Aril | not available | 13.2 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHROMIUM | 24 | Seed | not available | 16.4 | 1.71 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-ISOELEMICIN | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-ISOELEMICIN | 0 | Seed Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-P-MENT-2-EN-1-OL | 0 | Seed | 20.0 | 160.0 | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| CIS-PIPERITOL | 0 | Essential Oil | 1000.0 | 12000.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-PIPERITOL | 0 | Seed | 20.0 | 160.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-PIPERITOL | 0 | Seed Essent. Oil | 1000.0 | 6000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-SABINENE-HYDRATE | 0 | Essential Oil | 2000.0 | 5000.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-SABINENE-HYDRATE | 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. |
| 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 * |