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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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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
EUGENOL-METHYL-ETHER 5 Fruit *
EUGENOL-METHYL-ETHER 5 Seed *
EUGENOL-METHYL-ETHER 5 Seed Essent. Oil 1000.0 6000.0 *
FAT 0 Aril 244000.0 324000.0 0.00 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
FAT 0 Seed 250000.0 400000.0 0.71 *
FENCHYL-ALCOHOL 1 Essential Oil *
FIBER 15 Aril 38000.0 48000.0 -0.58 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
FIBER 15 Seed 40000.0 116000.0 -0.15 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
FORMIC-ACID 13 Seed List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
FORMIC-ACID 13 Seed Essent. Oil *
FURFURAL 6 Seed 15000.0 -1.00 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
FURFUROL 0 Seed 15000.0 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
GAMMA-TERPINENE 11 Essential Oil 21000.0 47000.0 -0.18 *
GAMMA-TERPINENE 11 Seed 580.0 4640.0 0.01 *
GAMMA-TERPINENE 11 Seed Essent. Oil 19000.0 68000.0 0.31 *
GENTISIC-ACID 8 Leaf Griffiths, L. A. 1959. On the Distribution of Gentisic Acid in Green Plants. J. Exp. Biol. 10: 437.
GERANIOL 35 Essential Oil *
GERANIOL 35 Seed Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
GERANIOL 35 Seed Essent. Oil 36000.0 119000.0 1.17 *
GERANIOL-ACETATE 0 Essential Oil *
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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 *
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 *
Antienteritic 1 *
Antienterotic 1 *
Antiepileptic 3 *
Antiescherichic 4 *
Antiesophagitic 1 *
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 *
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 *
Antifibrosarcomic 1 *