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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NEROL | 10 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NEROL-ACETATE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OCTANOIC-ACID | 5 | Seed Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OLEANOLIC-ACID | 64 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| OLEIC-ACID | 18 | Seed | 13000.0 | 176000.0 | 0.47 | Duke, 1992 * |
| OLEIC-ACID | 18 | Seed Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-COUMARIC-ACID | 25 | Seed | not available | 7.0 | -0.52 | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-CYMEN-8-OL | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-CYMENE | 16 | Essential Oil | 5000.0 | 8000.0 | -0.57 | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-CYMENE | 16 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-CYMENE | 16 | Seed | 120.0 | 960.0 | -0.48 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| P-CYMENE | 16 | Seed Essent. Oil | 6000.0 | 43000.0 | 0.48 | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-MENTH-CIS-2-EN-1-OL | 0 | Essential Oil | 1000.0 | 3000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-MENTH-CIS-2-EN-1-OL | 0 | Seed Essent. Oil | 1000.0 | 4000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-MENTH-TRANS-2-EN-1-OL | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-MENTH-TRANS-2-ENE-1,4-DIOL | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | Seed | 25000.0 | 128000.0 | 1.94 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | Seed Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PECTIN | 24 | Seed | 5000.0 | 6000.0 | -0.98 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PENTADECANOIC-ACID | 1 | 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 * |