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
2-(4-ALLYL-2,6-DIMETHOXYPHENOXY)-1-(4-ACETOXY-3-METHOXYPHENYL)-ACETIC-ACID-PROPYL-ESTER	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-(4-ALLYL-2,6-DIMETHOXYPHENOXY)-1-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXYPHENYL)-1-PROPANOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-METHYL-ACETATE-DEC-4-EN-1-OL	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-METHYL-DEC-4-EN-1-OL	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
5-METHOXYDEHYDRODI-ISOEUGENOL	0	Aril	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
5-METHOXYDEHYDRODI-ISOEUGENOL	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
5-METHOXYEUGENOL	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
6-METHOXYDIHYDROISOEUGENOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACETIC-ACID	16	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACETIC-ACID	16	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-BERGAMOTENE	0	Essential Oil	not available	20000.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-COPAENE	0	Essential Oil	not available	3000.0	-0.52	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CUBEBENE	0	Essential Oil	not available	10000.0	-0.21	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-FARNESENE	0	Essential Oil	not available	40000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-HUMULENE	2	Essential Oil	not available	30000.0	-0.21	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE	11	Essential Oil	7000.0	16000.0	-0.28	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE	11	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE	11	Seed	180.0	1440.0	-0.46	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE	11	Seed Essent. Oil	4000.0	10000.0	1.19	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Essential Oil	132000.0	265000.0	1.77	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
AntiEBV	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antieczemic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiedemic	7	Shimizu,*M., et al. 1990. Anti-inflammatory Constituents of Topically Applied Crude Drugs. IV.1) Constituents and Anti-inflammatory Effect of Paraguayan Crude Drug 'Alhucema' (Lavandula latifolia Vill.)2). Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(8): 2283-2284, 1990.
Antielastase	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiemetic	1	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antiencephalitic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 199.
Antiencephalopathic	2	Martindale's 29th
Antiendometriotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antienteritic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antienterotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiepileptic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiescherichic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiesophagitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiestrogenic	3	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifatigue	6	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antifeedant	13	Duke, 1992 *
Antifertility	4	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifibrinolytic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antifibromyalgic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrosarcomic	1	Duke, 1992 *