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 |
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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 * |
Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
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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. |