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http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/426| Title: | Major chemicals constituents of nut,mace and leaf of Myristica fragrans |
| Authors: | ZACHARIAH, T JOHN Shajiprabha, S.P Krishnamoorthy, B |
| Keywords: | Chemical constituents,elemicin,mace,Myristica fragrans,myristicin. |
| Issue Date: | Sep-2000 |
| Publisher: | ICAR IISR |
| Citation: | Spices and aromatic plants: challenges and opportunities in the new century Contributory papers Centennial conference on spices and aromatic plants, Calicut, Kerala, India, 20-23 September, 2000: 297-300 |
| Abstract: | Nutmeg Myristica fragrans Hout is a very important tree spice,having both industrial and medicinal applications.Nut and mace are commercially important spice products.It is also a unique spice.which causes Hallucination if consumed in large quantities.The nutmeg plants maintained at IISR Experimental farm,Peruvannamuzhi contained 2-12% oil in nut,3-15%in mace and 0.5-2% in the leaf.Myristican and elemicin,two constituents of the oil,known to cause hallucination are present in all the three parts The concentration of these constituents vary widely in these three parts. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/426 |
| Appears in Collections: | CROP PRODUCTION |
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