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Plant Myristica fragrans (Myristicaceae)

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
MAGNESIUM 65 Seed 1830.0 2030.0 -0.36 Duke, 1992 *
MALABARICONE-B 4 Seed not available 172.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
MALABARICONE-C 4 Seed not available 172.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE 14 Aril not available 14.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE 14 Seed 23.0 29.0 -0.31 Duke, 1992 *
METHOXYEUGENOL 0 Seed not available 400.0 not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
METHYL-EUGENOL 20 Seed 20.0 900.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-ISOEUGENOL 15 Seed not available 550.0 not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
MYRCENE 22 Essential Oil 16000.0 37000.0 0.04 Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE 22 Seed 740.0 5920.0 2.35 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
MYRCENE 22 Seed Essent. Oil 25000.0 38000.0 -0.32 Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Seed 60.0 320000.0 3.89 Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Seed Essent. Oil not available 3000.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTICIN 31 Essential Oil 9000.0 140000.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTICIN 31 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTICIN 31 Leaf 410.0 620.0 -0.55 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
MYRISTICIN 31 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTICIN 31 Seed 800.0 12800.0 0.53 Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTICIN 31 Seed Essent. Oil 5000.0 124000.0 1.00 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
Phospholipase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Photosensitizer 1 Rinzler, C. A. 1990. The Complete Book of Herbs, Spices and Condiments. Facts on File, New York. 199 pp.
Pigment 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Piscicide 1 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
Plasmodicide 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Poultice 1 Martindale's 29th
Preservative 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Proliferant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Prooxidant 5 Duke, 1992 *
Propecic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandigenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor 4 Duke, 1992 *
Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor 1 Naim, M., Zehavi, U., Nagy, S., and Rouseff, R.L. Hydroxycinnamic Acids as Off-Flavor Precursors in Citrus Fruits and Their Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.14.
Protisticide 2 Martindale's 29th
Psychoactive 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.
PTK-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer 2 Duke, 1992 *
Renoirritant 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Respirainhibitor 1 Merck 11th Edition
Respirastimulant 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.