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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
CIS-SABINENE-HYDRATE 0 Seed Essent. Oil 2000.0 7000.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
CITRONELLOL 15 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CITRONELLOL 15 Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CITRONELLOL-ACETATE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
COBALT 2 Aril not available 0.4 not available Duke, 1992 *
COBALT 2 Seed not available 0.6 -0.18 Duke, 1992 *
COPAENE 1 Essential Oil 2000.0 8000.0 1.40 Duke, 1992 *
COPAENE 1 Seed not available not available not available Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
COPAENE 1 Seed Essent. Oil 2000.0 3000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
COPPER 12 Aril 6.0 25.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
COPPER 12 Seed 10.0 21.0 0.56 Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN 7 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN 7 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYMENE 0 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.
D-ALPHA-PINENE 0 Seed 2600.0 64000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
D-BETA-PINENE 0 Seed 1800.0 64000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
D-BORNEOL 4 Seed 4200.0 25600.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DEHYDRODIISOEUGENOL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DEHYDROISOEUGENOL 3 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DEHYDROISOEUGENOL 3 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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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 *