Antioxidants nutmeg

Nutmeg is used more commonly in Oriental medicine than in Western medicine. Medicinally, it is known for its stimulative and carminative properties. The seeds are carminative, stomachic, astringent, deodorant, narcotic and aphrodisiac, and useful in flatulence, nausea and vomiting. The antioxidant property of nutmeg was reviewed by Krishnamoorthy and Rema (2000). Both nutmeg and mace are used in the pharmaceutical industries. Powdered nutmeg is rarely administered alone, but it enters into the composition of numerous medicines as aromatic adjuncts. 

Chatterjee, S., Niaz, Z., Gautam, S., Adhikari, S., Variyar, P.S. and Sharma, A. (2007) Antioxidant activity of some phenolic constituents from green pepper (Piper nigrum L.) and fresh nutmeg mace (Myristica fragrans). Food Chemistry 101, 51 5-523... 

Jukic, M., Politeo, O. and Milos, M. (2006) Chemical composition and antioxidant effect of free volatile agli-cones from nutmeg compared to its essential oil. Croatica Chemica Acta 79, 209-214. 

Mace and mace oil contain similar constituents as nutmeg and nntmeg oil, except with less fixed oil and more myristicin content (list AND horhammer marsh stahl). Nutmeg, mace, and their extracts have strong antioxidant activities that do not seem to be due to their essential oils. ... 

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