The best known genera are myristica in asia and virola in the neotropics. Combining pethidine with mao inhibitors can cause serious side effects reynolds 1993. Essential oil extract of myristica fragrans myristicaceae seed mace oil myristica fragrance, ext myristica fragrans houtt. Myristica fragrans houtt is mostly cultivated for spices in penang island, malaysia. And also stated that acts more powerfully often than hepar or silica. Nutmeg kernel is the inner seed tissue of myristica fragrans houtt. Nutmeg essential oil nutmeg oil nutmeg oil myristica fragrance, ext. Species on this page a names approved by most authorities, s approved as synonyms. Myristica fragrans, nutmug, mace, microscopical and histochemical studies. Indonesia and grenada dominate world production and exports of both nutmegs and mace with a world. The essential oil obtained by hydrodistillation of the fruits oil of myristica fragrans houtt nutmeg collected from andaman nicobar island the oil was analyzed by gc and gcms. Ars germplasm resources information network myfr3 calphotos myfr3.
However, it is not a legal authority for statutory or regulatory purposes. Myristica fragrans, myristicaceae, phytopharmacology, essential oil. Myristica fragrans is an evergreen tree, usually 515 m 1649 ft tall, but occasionally reaching 20 m 66 ft or even 30 m 98 ft on tidore. Apart from these two, previously known steroids, other lignans and neolignans were isolated from the fruit pericarp of m. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. The name nutmeg comes from latin, nux muscat, meaning musky nut. Myristica sebifera is a remedy of great antiseptic powers and one of the most efficacious remedies for ulcerative and suppurative conditions in every tissue, especially in cellular tissue and periosteum. Beyer j, ehlers d, maurer hh 2006 abuse of nutmeg myristica fragrans houtt.
We do not intend the plant list to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. Myristica definition of myristica by the free dictionary. Welcome to the india biodiversity portal a repository of information designed to harness and disseminate collective intelligence on the biodiversity of the indian subcontinent. The socalled california nutmeg is not a nutmeg at all, but the seed of a coniferous tree, torreya californica. It is found only as a specimen tree in botanical gardens.
Data source and references for myristica fragrans nutmeg. It is cultivated in the malayan peninsula, penang and the malay islands. Pdf phytochemistry and pharmacologic properties of myristica. These are primarily included because names of species rank are. Fruit cut open to reveal the seed the spices nutmeg and mace. Evaluation of nutmeg myristica fragrans houtt as active component during storage of bovine loins. The myristica fragrans were cut and divided into flesh, mace, and seed. It hastens the process of suppuration and shortens the period. The alternately arranged leaves are dark green, 515 cm 2.
Myristica fragrans synonyms, myristica fragrans antonyms. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. In the case of a merge between two companies having a registration for the same substance. Antibacterial activity of myristica fragrans against oral. The seed of the plant is known as nutmeg and the arillus of.
Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration by christiane henriette dorothea westermayr from friedrich johann bertuchs bilderbuch fur kinder picture book for children, weimar, 1792. Health and nutritional benefits of nut meg mystica. Isolation of essensial oil of nutmeg myristica fragrans houtt and antioxidant activity. Nutmeg essential oil nutmeg oil nutmeg oil myristica.
Myristica philippinensis gandoger palala fragrans houtt. The essential oil of the nutmeg plant myristica fragrans houtt has been obtained from roots, bark. However the mechanisms underlying those activities have not been clearly explained. Therefore, the data and informations that are available indicate that at the current level of intake, food flavoring use of myristic acid does not pose a health risk to humans. Nutmeg, now a common household spice, comes from the tree myristica fragrans, which originates from the indonesian banda islands also known as the spice islands. Effect of myristica sebifera homeopathy resource by. Mace and nutmeg tree, myristica fragrans, and clove spice tree, syzygium aromaticum, 2. Chemical diversity and pharmacological significance of the secondary metabolites of nutmeg myristica fragrans houtt. The plant list includes a further 20 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus myristica. Pdf on aug 14, 2012, jinous asgarpanah and others published phytochemistry and.
Preparation and characterization of starchpolyvinyl alcohol blend films by the. The freshly myristica fragrans houtt fruits were purchased from the local market at balik pulau, penang island, malaysia. Chemical constituents from myristica fragrans fruit. Department of botany, faculty of science, delta state university, abraka, delta state, nigeria. The structures of the compounds were identified by employing various spectroscopic methods. Myristica laurella gandoger myristica moschata thunb. Myristica fragrans is an evergreen tree that produces two spices, nutmeg and mace. It is sometimes called the nutmeg family, after its most famous member, myristica fragrans, the source of the spices nutmeg and mace. The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of nutmeg myristica fragrans houtt. This page was last edited on 9 october 2019, at 19. Myristica amboinensis gandoger myristica americana rottb.
It is oblong, with a smooth, brownish, thin testa, and affords a marbled crosssection. Fatty acids and leaf amino acids in myristica fragrans and. The myristicaceae are a family of flowering plants native to africa, asia, pacific islands, and the americas and has been recognized by most taxonomists. An experimental study of sexual function improving effect of myristica fragrans houtt. Chemical diversity and pharmacological significance of the. Hplcguided isolation, purification and characterization of. Media in category myristica fragrans the following 119 files are in this category, out of 119 total. Myristica fragrans is a unique spice as it produces two economically important spices, nutmeg and mace. The fruit is used as traditional medicine more frequently for the treatment of common ailments of children in rural. After study the studious work on myristica sebifera in the book of.
Twenty eight compounds were identified, accounting for 92. Twelve subfractions were collected by combining eluates corresponding to each major. The ethyl acetate and ethanol extracts of flesh, mace and seed of myristica fragrans was evaluated the bactericidal potential against three grampositive cariogenic bacteria streptococcus mutans atcc 25175, streptococcus mitis atcc 6249, and streptococcus salivarius atcc 419 and three gram. Germplasm resources information network grin online database. Resurgence of public interest in traditional medicine is increasing in both the developing and developed countries. Nutmeg also being misused intentionally by combining with other drugs.
Itis taxonomy is based on the latest scientific consensus available, and is provided as a general reference source for interested parties. View myristica fragrans research papers on academia. Rf patterns serve as a basis for combining multiple. The dried samples were weighed, milled, ground into small pieces, and kept away from heat, moisture, and. It is harvested from the wild and is also in cultivation or semicultivation in papua new guinea. The tree is commonly used in the same ways as nutmeg myristica fragrans as a source of nutmeg and spice.
Sastri 1954, 1959, on the other hand, concluded that the pistil in. The plant list includes 470 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus myristica. Pronunciation of myristica fragrans with 2 audio pronunciations, 2 synonyms, 2 meanings, 3 translations and more for myristica fragrans. Fatty acids and leaf amino acids in myristica fragrans and its wild taxa k. Myristica synonyms, myristica pronunciation, myristica translation, english dictionary definition of myristica. In conclusion, based on the data presented above, consumption of myristic acid as an added foodflavoring ingredient is safe at. The intent of this study was to utilize distillation timeframes dt of nutmeg myristica fragrans essential oil eo to generate fractions with differential chemical. The homoeopathic medicine myristica sebifera having the great antiseptic powers as per the book of pocket manual of homoeopathic materia medica by w. Pdf standardization of the unani drug myristica fragrans houtt. Myristica fragrans belonging to the family myristicaceae is commonly known as jaifal and even used as homeremedies in the rural parts of the india.
While every effort has been made to provide the most reliable and uptodate information available, ultimate legal requirements with respect to species are contained in. A neolignan, erythrosurinamensin and a diaryl phenyl propanoid, virolane were isolated from myristica fragrans for the first time. Faculty of unani medicine, aligarh muslim university, aligarh, india. Introduction macearil seed pericarp nutmeg seeds contain 20% to 40% of a fixed oil commonly called nutmeg butter this oil contains myristic acid, trimyristin, and glycerides of lauric.
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