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Plant Myristica fragrans (Myristicaceae)

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
ISOEUGENOL-METHYL-ETHER 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL 75 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LAURIC-ACID 7 Seed 375.0 1600.0 -0.50 Duke, 1992 *
LAURIC-ACID 7 Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LICARIN-A 2 Aril not available not available not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
LICARIN-B 1 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE 60 Essential Oil 36000.0 44000.0 -0.48 Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE 60 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE 60 Seed 720.0 5760.0 -0.35 Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE 60 Seed Essent. Oil 31000.0 119000.0 -0.37 Duke, 1992 *
LINALOL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL 53 Essential Oil 2000.0 10000.0 -0.54 Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL 53 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL 53 Seed Essent. Oil 2000.0 106000.0 -0.16 Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL-ACETATE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL-ACETATE 0 Seed Essent. Oil not available 15000.0 -0.71 Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed 0.0 6000.0 -0.87 Duke, 1992 *
MACILENIC-ACID 0 Aril not available 50000.0 not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
MACILOLIC-ACID 0 Aril not available 50000.0 not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
MAGNESIUM 65 Aril not available 1630.0 not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
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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 *