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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 * |
| 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 * |