Plant Myristica fragrans (Myristicaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
NEROL	10	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEROL-ACETATE	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTANOIC-ACID	5	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OLEANOLIC-ACID	64	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
OLEIC-ACID	18	Seed	13000.0	176000.0	0.47	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID	25	Seed	not available	7.0	-0.52	Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMEN-8-OL	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENE	16	Essential Oil	5000.0	8000.0	-0.57	Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENE	16	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENE	16	Seed	120.0	960.0	-0.48	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
P-CYMENE	16	Seed Essent. Oil	6000.0	43000.0	0.48	Duke, 1992 *
P-MENTH-CIS-2-EN-1-OL	0	Essential Oil	1000.0	3000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-MENTH-CIS-2-EN-1-OL	0	Seed Essent. Oil	1000.0	4000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-MENTH-TRANS-2-EN-1-OL	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-MENTH-TRANS-2-ENE-1,4-DIOL	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Seed	25000.0	128000.0	1.94	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PECTIN	24	Seed	5000.0	6000.0	-0.98	Duke, 1992 *
PENTADECANOIC-ACID	1	Seed	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
Antidandruff	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidecubitic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antideliriant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidementia	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antidepressant	7	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidermatitic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antidiabetic	9	Duke, 1992 *
Antidiarrheic	2	Merck 11th Edition
Antidiscotic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Aluminum)	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Cadmium)	1	Let's Live, May 1989.
Antidote (Iodine)	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antidote (Lead)	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Strychnine)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidrepanocytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidysenteric	1	Wealth of India.
Antidysgeuzic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidyskinetic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antidysmenorrheic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidyspeptic	1	Duke, 1992 *