The california nutmeg, torreya californica, has a seed of. Krishnamoorthy, in handbook of herbs and spices second edition, volume 1, 2012. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed. Like other herbs and spices, the assumed health benefits of nutmeg have been used for everything from stomach cramps to a cure for. Chemical composition of essential oil of myristica. Phytochemistry and pharmacologic properties of myristica fragrans hoyutt. Effect of inclusion of myristica fragrans on methane. The botanical and chemical distribution of hallucinogens. The aim of this study was to evaluate an excipient materialmagnesium aluminometasilicateand to determine its influence on the qualitative composition. Chemical composition of essential oil of myristica fragrans. Hepatoprotective effect of myristicin from nutmeg myristica.
Chemical composition, antioxidant and cytotoxicity. The yield of their composition of extracts and essential oils differs due to different methodologies. May 10, 2016 piras a, rosa a, marongiu b, atzeri a, dessi ma, falconieri d, porcedda s 2012 extraction and separation of volatile and fixed oils from seeds of myristica fragrans by supercritical co2. Phytochemical analysis and anticancer activity of essential. Effect of inclusion of myristica fragrans on methane production, rumen fermentation parameters ground sample was weighed into 250 ml conical flask. To our knowledge, this is the first study describing the practical application of the essential oil of this species in the greenhouse for controlling the whitefly bemisia tabaci gennadius hemiptera. Nutmeg is the seed or ground spice of several species of the genus myristica. 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. Extraction and separation of volatile and fixed oils from seeds of myristica fragrans by supercritical co 2. It has also shown to have many medicinal properties due to the complex structural molecules present in it. The alternately arranged leaves are dark green, 515 cm 2.
Comparison of the chemical composition of liberat ed volatiles with the chemical composition of free vola tile compounds found in the essential oil reveals only two common compounds eugenol and terpinen4ol. The present investigation was undertaken to evaluate the antibacterial activity of constituents of m. Request pdf chemical composition of essential oil of myristica fragrans houtt nutmeg from nigeria the essential oil isolated from the seeds of myristica fragrans houtt. Health and nutritional benefits of nut meg mystica fragrans. Chemical composition, antimicrobial and in vitro antioxidant. C and 180 c on the chemical composition of nutmegs oleoresin and a heating effect on the antimicrobial properties. It is an evergreen tree that grows up to 20 meters 65 feet with dense foliage and small dullyellow flowers. Seeds and nutrient composition of myristica fragrans gcms. Pdf chemical composition, antioxidant and cytotoxicity.
Nut and mace are commercially important spice products. Myristica fragrans is a common flavoring agent in indian cooking. Chemical composition and cytotoxic activity on caco2 cancer cells. Nutmeg is the dried kernel, and mace is the dried aril of the seed of myristica fragrans hout. The objectives in this study were to determine the chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of the essential oils from nutmeg myristica fragrans and cardamom elettaria cardamomum. Pdf phytochemistry and pharmacologic properties of myristica. Gcms analysis of the composition of the extracts and. Organism names see more details, plants plants subject category. Besides nutmeg and mace, a number of other products of m. Media in category myristica fragrans the following 117 files are in this category, out of 117 total. Indonesia and grenada dominate world production and exports of both nutmegs and mace with a world. Nutmeg oil is extracted by steam distillation from the dried seeds.
Poses a risk of oxygen depletion in aquatic systems. Phytochemistry and pharmacologic properties of myristica. Chemical composition of myristica fragrans fruit the seed contains about 10% essential oil verghese 2001. Ars germplasm resources information network myfr3 calphotos myfr3.
A neolignan, erythrosurinamensin and a diaryl phenyl propanoid, virolane were isolated from myristica fragrans for. Myristica fragrans, commonly known as nutmeg has been used as a spice and flavouring agent in the food industry and domestic use since ages. Myristicaceae seeds are better known as a spice, but their chemical compounds may have a pharmacological effect. The major chemical constituents of myristica fragrans are alkyl benzene derivatives myristicin, elemicin, safrole. It is also a unique spice, which causes hallucination if consumed in large quantities. No specific information available, but material is expected to have adverse effect on environment. This article presents comprehensive analyzed information on the botanical, chemical and pharmacological aspects of m. Chemical composition and biological activity of essential.
Most studies on the essential oil of nutmeg myristica fragrans houtt. Myristica fragrans is an evergreen tree that produces two spices, nutmeg and mace. Us10251924b2 compositions containing myristica fragrans. The mother liquor remaining after separation of trimyristin.
Nutmeg, myristica frangrans, is a very important tree spice, having both industrial and medicinal applications. Antibacterial principles from myristica fragrans seeds. The chemical constituents in myristica fragrans seeds were analyzed using proximate analysis, atomic absorption spectroscopic aas, phytochemical and gas chromatographicmass spectrometric gcms methods. The nutmeg plants maintained at indian institute of spices research experimental farm, peruvannamuzhi, kerala, india contained 212% oil in. When the oil is made from the husks it produces mace. The essential oil was obtained from nutmeg and cardamom seeds through hydrodistillation method. Extraction and separation of volatile and fixed oils from seeds of myristica fragrans by supercritical co2. Periodontitis is an inflammatory disease affecting. Pdf on aug 14, 2012, jinous asgarpanah and others published phytochemistry and pharmacologic. Olgun, betul guney, mahmut gur, kerim guney, saim ates y1 2018 py 2018 n1 doi. Chemical constituents and toxic, repellent, and oviposition.
Chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of myristica. Gc ms analysis indicated that the essential oil contained about peaks. It also possesses medicinal and aromatic properties. Sep 01, 2017 most studies on the essential oil of nutmeg myristica fragrans houtt. It is also a commercial source of an essential oil and nutmeg butter. Chemical composition and antioxidant effect of free volatile. May 24, 20 jukic m, politeo o, milo m 2006 chemical composition and antioxidant effect of free volatile aglycone from nutmeg myristica fragrans houtt. Major chemical constituents of nut, mace and leaf of.
Myristica fragrans is known as nutmeg, its extracts and essential oil are important in drug development with numerous pharmacological activities in south africa, india and other tropical countries. Myristica fragrans fragrant nutmeg or true nutmeg is a darkleaved evergreen tree cultivated for two spices derived from its fruit. Chemical composition and cytotoxic activity on caco. It is a wellknown aromatic perennial plant with a characteristic scent that possesses multiple medicinal applications, being used to treat stomach ulcers, indigestion, liver disorders, and as emmenagogue. The oil we sell the is the oil extracted from the seeds, pure nutmeg oil.
The spice has a distinctive pungent fragrance and a warm slightly sweet taste. Results showed the percentage proximate composition of m. Compared to its essential oil mila juki, olivera politeo, and mladen milofaculty of chemical technology, department of biochemistry and food chemistry, university of split, teslina 10v, 2 split, croatia. Nutmeg and mace are the two major primary products of myristica fragrans and are commercially considered as spices. The kernel constitutes 1617% and mace constitutes 2. In this study the chemical composition, antioxidant activities and cytotoxic effect of the essential oils of myristica fragrans nutmeg and morinda citrifolia mengkudu were determined. Nutmeg myristica fragrans is used in food preparations for its aromatic flavor. Nutmeg oil is sharp, spicy and rather musky in aroma.
The chemical composition of nutmeg and cardamom essential oil. Chemical constituents from myristica fragrans fruit. Chemical composition and antioxidant effect of free. Feb 01, 2012 read chemical composition, antioxidant and cytotoxicity activities of the essential oils of myristica fragrans and morinda citrifolia, journal of the science of food and agriculture on deepdyve, the largest online rental service for scholarly research with thousands of academic publications available at your fingertips. Physical characterization and essential oil properties of. In the present study, about 7ml of oil was extracted from the 500 g of myristica fragrans. Apart from these two, previously known steroids, other lignans and neolignans were isolated from the fruit pericarp of m. Chemical diversity and pharmacological significance of the. To enable a comparison of their relative antioxidant potentials, essential oils were extracted by hydrodistillation from selected spice plants and their chemical compositions.
Chemical composition, antioxidant and cytotoxicity activities. Pdf chemical constituents from myristica fragrans fruit. The composition of 20 essential oil and its relative percentages are given in table1. A neolignan, erythrosurinamensin and a diaryl phenyl propanoid, virolane were isolated from myristica fragrans for the first time. Piras a, rosa a, marongiu b, atzeri a, dessi ma, falconieri d, porcedda s 2012 extraction and separation of volatile and fixed oils from seeds of myristica fragrans by supercritical co2. In this study the chemical composition, antioxidant activities and cytotoxic effect of the essential oils of myristica fragrans nutmeg and morinda. Jukic m, politeo o, milo m 2006 chemical composition and antioxidant effect of free volatile aglycone from nutmeg myristica fragrans houtt. Myristica fragrans commonly rich nutmeg is one of the highly prized spices, known since antiquity for its aromatic, aphrodisiac and curative properties. Pdf a neolignan, erythrosurinamensin and a diaryl phenyl propanoid, virolane were isolated from myristica fragrans for the first time. Extraction and separation of volatile and fixed oils from. Myristica fragrans myristica fragrans subject category. Chemical composition, antimicrobial and in vitro antioxidant properties of monarda citriodora var. Nutmeg myristicae semen is the kernel of the dried, ripe seed of myristica fragrans houtt, belonging to family myristicaceae.
Physicochemical analysis was carried out for the c. Introduction nutmeg myristica fragrans houtt is one of the commodities which highly economic value, indonesia is a major producer and supplier needs nutmeg and mace nutmeg. Health and nutritional benefits of nut meg mystica. Indonesia is also the center of origin from several species of myristica genus 1. Piaru sp, mahmud r, abdul majid am, ismail s, man cn. Abandoned application number us5,607 inventor harsh m. Myristica fragrans houtt, nutmeg oil, physical characteristic, gcms, chemical composition, ep standard 1. Chemical composition, antioxidant and cytotoxicity activities of the essential oils of myristica fragrans and morinda citrifolia. Nutmeg myristica fragrans houtt is an evergreen thick shady tree which produces high commercial. Myristica fragrans, myristicaceae, phytopharmacology, essential oil. Nutmeg is the spice made by grinding the seed of the fragrant nutmeg myristica fragrans tree into powder.
The nutmeg tree grows to 1020 m in height, with a natural origin in the moluccas, but it has been cultivated in indonesia, malaysia, sri lanka, and the west indies. Nutmeg oil compositioninformation on ingredients myristica. Chemical composition and antioxidant activity of essential oils of twelve spice plants olivera politeo, mila juki, and mladen milo. Chemical constituents from myristica fragrans fruit article pdf available in natural product research 2820. Chemical composition and antioxidant effect of free volatile aglycones from nutmeg myristica fragrans houtt. Introduction myristica fragrans is commonly known as nutmeg, it produces two spices. Activity guided characterization of antioxidant components. The structures of the compounds were identified by employing various spectroscopic methods. The yield of their composition of extracts and essential. Introduction nutmeg is indonesias native spice, spread mainly in maluku, irian jaya, sulawesi, java, and sumatera. The main chemical components of nutmeg oil are apinene, camphene, bpinene, sabinene, myrcene, aphellandrene, aterpinene, limonene, 1,8cineole, yterpinene, linalool, terpinen4ol, safrole, methyl eugenol and myristicin.
The essential oils of nutmeg and mace are very similar in chemical composition and aroma, with wide colour. Oleoresins, nutmeg butter and essential oils are also derived. Chemical composition and biological activity 9 system. Thirtyeight compounds in nutmeg oil and six compounds in mengkudu oil were identified by gas chromatographymass spectrometry. Chemical composition and antioxidant activity of essential. Active, expires 20331208 application number us14036,097 other versions us20150086660a1 en. Its role however in periodontal diseases has not been reported to the best of our knowledge. The chemical composition of the seed of myristica fragrans contains sugars, phenols, proteins, etc.