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Plant 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
GERANIOL-ACETATE 0 Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GERANYL-ACETATE 5 Seed 20.0 160.0 not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
GERMACRENE-D 2 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE 7 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLYCERYL-TRIMYRISTATE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLYCERYL-TRIMYRISTATE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLYCERYL-TRIMYRISTATE 0 Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GUAIACIN 0 Aril not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEPTADECANOIC-ACID 1 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEPTADECANOIC-ACID 1 Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEXADECANOIC-ACID 0 Seed not available not available not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
IPURANOL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Aril 126.0 140.0 0.80 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
IRON 6 Seed 30.0 45.0 -0.49 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ISO-TRANS-EUGENOL 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOELEMICIN 3 Seed not available 150.0 not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ISOEUGENOL 16 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOEUGENOL 16 Seed 40.0 320.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOEUGENOL 16 Seed Essent. Oil 1000.0 2000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOEUGENOL-METHYL-ETHER 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (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.