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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAFROLE | 29 | Seed Essent. Oil | 1000.0 | 60000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SALICYLATES | 7 | Aril | 30.0 | 320.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SALICYLATES | 7 | Seed | 2.0 | 25.0 | -0.21 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SCLAREOL | 5 | 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. |
| SODIUM | 1 | Aril | not available | 800.0 | not available | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| SODIUM | 1 | Seed | 109.0 | 160.0 | -0.46 | Duke, 1992 * |
| STARCH | 5 | Aril | not available | 317000.0 | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| STARCH | 5 | Seed | not available | 300000.0 | -0.04 | Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980. |
| STEARIC-ACID | 8 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| STEARIC-ACID | 8 | Seed Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| STIGMASTEROL | 12 | Aril | not available | 110.0 | not available | Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.) |
| STIGMASTEROL | 12 | Seed | not available | 130.0 | -0.37 | Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.) |
| TERPINEN-4-OL | 23 | Essential Oil | 30000.0 | 63000.0 | 0.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TERPINEN-4-OL | 23 | Seed | 600.0 | 4800.0 | 1.92 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TERPINEN-4-OL | 23 | Seed Essent. Oil | 30000.0 | 247000.0 | 1.73 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TERPINEN-4-OL-ACETATE | 0 | Essential Oil | 1000.0 | 2000.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TERPINEN-4-OL-ACETATE | 0 | Seed Essent. Oil | not available | 1000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TERPINEN-4-YL-ACETATE | 0 | Seed | 20.0 | 160.0 | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| TERPINEOL | 18 | 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. |
| TERPINOLENE | 9 | Essential Oil | 10000.0 | 17000.0 | -0.27 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Uterorelaxant | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Uterotonic | 2 | Tyler, V.E.. 1982. The Honest Herbal. George F. Stickley Co., Philadelphia PA. 263 pp. |
| Uterotrophic | 1 | Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 227.1999. |
| Varroacide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Vasodilator | 8 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Vasopressor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| VEGF-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Vermifuge | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Verrucolytic | 2 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| Vibriocide | 1 | Wealth of India. |
| Vulnerary | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor | 3 | Chem. & Pharm. Bull. 38: 1772. |