The nutmeg tree is any of several species of trees in genus Myristica. The most important commercial species is Myristica fragrans, an evergreen tree indigenous to the Banda Islands in the Moluccas (or Spice Islands) of Indonesia. The nutmeg tree is important for two spices derived from the fruit: nutmeg and mace.
One study has shown that the compound macelignan isolated from Myristica fragrans (Myristicaceae) may exert antimicrobial activity against Streptococcus mutans, but this is not a currently used treatment. Nutmeg has been used in medicine since at least the seventh century. In the 19th century it was used as an abortifacient, which led to numerous recorded cases of nutmeg poisoning.
Seven 2,5-bis-aryl-3,4-dimethyltetrahydrofuran lignans, tetrahydrofuroguaiacin B (1), saucernetindiol (2), verrucosin (3), nectandrin B (4), nectandrin A (5), fragransin C1 (6), and galbacin (7) were isolated from Myristica fragrans (nutmeg).
Catalog | Product Name | CAS Number | Manual |
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CFN99752 | Myrislignan | 171485-39-5 | |
CFN98116 | Borneol | 507-70-0 | |
CFN99750 | Dehydrodiisoeugenol | 2680-81-1 | |
CFN99175 | Eugenol | 97-53-0 | |
CFN98800 | Oleanolic acid | 508-02-1 | |
CFN92657 | 1-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-2-(4-allly-2,6-dimethoxyphenoxy)propan-1-ol | 41535-95-9 | n/a |
CFN99751 | (-)-Licarin B | 51020-87-2 | |
CFN96060 | Piperitol | 52151-92-5 | |
CFN90589 | Myristicin | 607-91-0 | n/a |
CFN99225 | Fragransin A2 | 112652-46-7 | |
CFN90655 | rel-(8R,8'R)-dimethyl-(7S,7'R)-bis(3,4-methylenedioxyphenyl)tetrahydro-furan | 178740-32-4 | n/a |
CFN98244 | Licarin A | 23518-30-1 | |
CFN90908 | Odoratisol A | 891182-93-7 | n/a |
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