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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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.
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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 *
MALABARICONE-B 4 Seed 172.0 *
MALABARICONE-C 4 Seed 172.0 *
MANGANESE 14 Aril 14.0 *
MANGANESE 14 Seed 23.0 29.0 -0.31 *
METHOXYEUGENOL 0 Seed 400.0 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
METHYL-EUGENOL 20 Seed 20.0 900.0 *
METHYL-ISOEUGENOL 15 Seed 550.0 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
MYRCENE 22 Essential Oil 16000.0 37000.0 0.04 *
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 *
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Essential Oil *
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Seed 60.0 320000.0 3.89 *
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Seed Essent. Oil 3000.0 -1.00 *
MYRISTICIN 31 Essential Oil 9000.0 140000.0 -1.00 *
MYRISTICIN 31 Fruit *
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 *
MYRISTICIN 31 Seed 800.0 12800.0 0.53 *
MYRISTICIN 31 Seed Essent. Oil 5000.0 124000.0 1.00 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Testosterone-Hydroxylase-Inducer 1 *
Testosterone-Inducer 1 *
Testosteronigenic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
TNF-alpha-Inhibitor 2 *
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor 2 Santti, R., Makela, S., Strauss, L., Korman, J., Kostian, M. L. 1998. Phytoestrogens: Potential Endocrine Disruptors in Males. Toxicol Ind Health, 14: 223-237.
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor 2 Constantinou, A., Mehta, R., Runyan, C., Rao, K., Vaughan, A., Moon, R. 1995. Flavonoids as DNA Topoisomerase Antagonists and Poisons: Structure-Activity Relationships. J Natural Products, 58: 217-225.
Toxic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Tranquilizer 4 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jun-90.
Transdermal 6 *
Tremorigenic 1 *
Trichomonicide 8 Martindale's 29th
Trichomonistat 2 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Trypsin-Enhancer 1 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-93.
Tumor-Promoter 1 *
Tumorigenic 2 Jim Duke's personal files.
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor 3 *
Tyrosine-Kinase-Inhibitor 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170.
Ubiquiot 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ulcerogenic 3 HerbalGram No. 20, page 9.
Uricosuric 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.