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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (+)-BETA-PINENE | 0 | Seed Essent. Oil | not available | 680000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| (+)-BORNEOL | 0 | Seed Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| (+)-LIMONENE | 0 | Seed Essent. Oil | not available | 42000.0 | -0.68 | Duke, 1992 * |
| (+)-LINALOOL | 0 | Seed Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| (+)-MYRISFRAGRANSIN | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| (+)-PINENE | 0 | Seed Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| (-)-EPICATECHIN | 38 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 1,8-CINEOL | 0 | Essential Oil | 22000.0 | 42000.0 | -0.62 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 1,8-CINEOL | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 1,8-CINEOL | 0 | Seed Essent. Oil | 22000.0 | 32000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 1,8-CINEOLE | 67 | Seed | 440.0 | 5600.0 | 0.19 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 1-(3,4,5-TRIMETHOXYPHENYL)-2-(4-ALLYL-2,6-DIME...PROPAN-1-OL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 1-(3,4,5-TRIMETHOXYPHENYL)-2-(4-ALLYL-2,6-DIMETHOX...PROPANE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 1-(3,4-METHYLENEDIOXYPHENYL)-2-(4-ALLYL-2,...PROPYL-ACETATE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 1-(3,4-METHYLENEDIOXYPHENYL)-2-(4-ALLYL-2,...PROPYL-BENZOATE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 1-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXYPHENYL)-2-(4-ALLYL-2,6DI...PROPAN-1-OL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 1-(5-ACETOXY-3,4-DIMETHOXYPHENYL)-2-(4-ALLY...PROPYL-ACETATE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 2-(4-ALLYL-2,6-DIMETHOXYPHENOXY)-1-(3,4,5-TRIMETHOXYPHENYL)-PROPANE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 2-(4-ALLYL-2,6-DIMETHOXYPHENOXY)-1-(3,4-METHYLENEDIOXYPHENYL)-1-PROPANOL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 2-(4-ALLYL-2,6-DIMETHOXYPHENOXY)-1-(3,4-METHYLENEDIOXYPHENYL)-ACETIC-ACID-PROPYL-ESTER | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antiimpotence | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiinfective | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiinfertility | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiinflammatory | 24 | 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. |
| Antiinsomniac | 3 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiischemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antikeratitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antikeratotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiketotic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Antilactobacillic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antilaryngitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiLegionella | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antileishmanic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antilepric | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antileukemic | 8 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antileukonychic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antileukotriene | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antileukotriene-D4 | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antilipoperoxidant | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antilisteria | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |