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
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 *