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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Antiatheromic | 1 | Cerda, J.J. Pectin in Health and Disease. HortScience, 25(12): 1485, 1990. |
| Antiatherosclerotic | 5 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antibacillary | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antibackache | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antibacterial | 38 | Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994. |
| Antiberiberi | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiBPH | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antibronchitic | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Anticancer | 8 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Breast) | 1 | Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103. |
| Anticancer (Cervix) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Lung) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Pancreas) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticanker | 3 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Anticarcinogenic | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Anticarcinomic | 1 | Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46. |
| Anticarcinomic (Breast) | 1 | Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer) |
| Anticardiospasmic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticariogenic | 8 | Muroi, H. and Kubo, I. 1993. Combination Effects of Antibacterial Compounds in Green Tea Flavor against Streptococcus mutans. J. Agric. Food Chem. 41: 1102-1105. |
| Anticarpal-Tunnel | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |