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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GERANIOL-ACETATE | 0 | Seed Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GERANYL-ACETATE | 5 | Seed | 20.0 | 160.0 | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| GERMACRENE-D | 2 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLUCOSE | 7 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLYCERYL-TRIMYRISTATE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLYCERYL-TRIMYRISTATE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLYCERYL-TRIMYRISTATE | 0 | Seed Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GUAIACIN | 0 | Aril | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HEPTADECANOIC-ACID | 1 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HEPTADECANOIC-ACID | 1 | Seed Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HEXADECANOIC-ACID | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| IPURANOL | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| IRON | 6 | Aril | 126.0 | 140.0 | 0.80 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| IRON | 6 | Seed | 30.0 | 45.0 | -0.49 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| ISO-TRANS-EUGENOL | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOELEMICIN | 3 | Seed | not available | 150.0 | not available | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| ISOEUGENOL | 16 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOEUGENOL | 16 | Seed | 40.0 | 320.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOEUGENOL | 16 | Seed Essent. Oil | 1000.0 | 2000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOEUGENOL-METHYL-ETHER | 0 | Essential Oil | 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 * |