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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
TERPINOLENE 9 Seed 340.0 2720.0 1.68 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
TERPINOLENE 9 Seed Essent. Oil 14000.0 26000.0 1.71 *
THIAMIN 31 Aril 3.0 0.23 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
THIAMIN 31 Seed 3.0 4.0 -0.62 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
TRANS-ISOELEMICIN 0 Essential Oil *
TRANS-ISOELEMICIN 0 Seed Essent. Oil 1000.0 *
TRANS-ISOEUGENOL 0 Essential Oil *
TRANS-ISOEUGENOL-METHYL-ETHER 0 Essential Oil *
TRANS-PIPERITOL 0 Essential Oil *
TRANS-SABINENE-HYDRATE 0 Essential Oil 3000.0 9000.0 -1.00 *
TRANS-SABINENE-HYDRATE 0 Seed 60.0 480.0 1.00 *
TRANS-SABINENE-HYDRATE 0 Seed Essent. Oil 3000.0 8000.0 1.00 *
TRIDECANOIC-ACID 2 Seed *
TRIDECANOIC-ACID 2 Seed Essent. Oil *
TRIMYRISTIN 0 Essential Oil *
TRIMYRISTIN 0 Seed *
VANILLIN 28 Essential Oil *
WATER 0 Aril 82000.0 159000.0 -1.38 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
WATER 0 Seed 62000.0 143000.0 -0.32 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ZINC 77 Aril 20.0 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
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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 *
Vasodilator 8 *
Vasopressor 1 *
VEGF-Inhibitor 2 *
Vermifuge 1 *
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 *
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor 3 Chem. & Pharm. Bull. 38: 1772.