Mace, oil

Muskat-balsam, m, nutmeg butter, -bime, /, musk pear, -bliite, /. mace, -bliitol, n. oil of mace, mace oil, -butter, /. nutmeg butter,... 

Nutmeg (mace) oil is obtained by steam distillation of the seeds (nutmeg) and/or the seed-coverings (mace), which are obtained from the fruits of Myristica fragrans... 

Nutmeg/mace oils are colorless to pale yellow liquids with a pleasant spicy odor. The physical constants and odor vary with the origin. Specifications of Indonesian nutmeg oil are as follows ... 

Nutmeg oil and mace oil are used mainly in flavouring soft drinks, canned foods and meat products (Krishnamoorthy and Rema, 2000). Nutmeg oil is used in cosmetics, men s perfume and toiletries, due... 

Nutmeg and mace oils from Indonesia, the West Indies and Papua New Guinea showed clear-cut differences in the composition. The oils differed in the composition of the aromatic ether fraction. The most abundant aromatic ether was myristicin in East Indian oils, elemicin in the West Indian oils and safrole in the Papuan oils (Ehlers et al., 1998). Chang Yen et al. (1996) reported that Grenadian nutmeg oils contained more sab-inene and less myristicin and safrole than oils from other geographic regions. 

Depending on its origin, mace has 7-14% essential oil and about 30% fixed oil. The physico-chemical properties of mace oil are given below (Guenther, 1952) ... 

It contains the same aroma compounds as nutmeg but in smaller amounts, mainly monoterpenes (87.5%), monoterpene alcohols (5.5%) and other aromatics (7%). Like nutmeg essential oil, the main constituents of mace essential oil are sabinene, a-pinene, (3-pinene, myrcene, limonene, 1,8-cineole, terpinen-4-ol, myristicin, y-terpinene and safrole. Mace oil is more expensive than nutmeg oil. 

The mace oleoresin is amber to dark red in colour 7 kg of mace oleoresin are equivalent to 100 kg of freshly ground spice. Mace butter, which has fixed oils and volatiles, has 60% unsaturated fats and 40% saturated fats. Ground mace contains vitamin A, phosphorus, potassium, magnesium, sodium and calcium. East Indian mace oil contained a-pinene (16.3%), 3-pinene (10.6%),... 

Nutmeg pericarp oil contained 16 monoterpenes (60%), nine monoterpene alcohols (29%), eight aromatic ethers (7%), three sesquiterpenes (1%), six esters (1%) and eight other minor components. The components were similar to those in nutmeg and mace oils but differed substantially in concentration (Table 9.11). The chief constituents were a-pinene, a-ter-pineol and terpinen-4-ol. The sabinene, myristicin and safrole concentrations were much lower, while the terpinen-4-ol and a-terpineol contents were much higher than in nutmeg and mace oils (Choo et al., 1999). The chief volatiles from nutmeg and mace are indicated in Fig. 9.1. 

Ehlers, D., Kirchhoff, J., Gerard, D. and Quirin, K.W. (1 998) High performance liquid chromatography analysis of nutmeg and mace oils produced by supercritical C02 extraction - comparison with steam distilled oils, comparison of East Indian, West Indian and Papuan oils. International Journal of Food Science and Technology 33(3), 215-223. 

Moyler, D.A., Bowing, R.M. and Stevens, M.A. (1994) C02 extraction of essential oils. PartV. Nutmeg and mace oils. In Charalambous, C. (ed.) Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science, B.V., Amsterdam, pp. 145-170. 

L-Lysine Monohydrochloride occurs as a white or nearly Mace Oil occurs as a colorless to pale yellow liquid with the... 

Mace Oil Mace is a spice similar in nature to nutmeg and, like nutmeg, it has elemicin. Approximately 2% to be exact. 

Mace Oil Nutmeg s spice cousin also has myristicin in about 3.8% concentration. 

Nutmeg oil (mace oil). Colorless to light yellow oil with a fresh herby, aromatic, slightly woody odor of nutmeg. 

Synonyms Fats, nutmeg butter Mace oil Mace oleoresin Macis oil Myristica fragrans Myristica fragrans oil Myristica fragrans oleoresin Nutmeg oil, expressed Definition Volatile oil from steam distillation of dried aril of ripe seed of Myristica fragrans Empirical C7H5CIO... 

The safrole content of mace oils and extract is source dependent, WI spice having a low content of this undesirable component, El spice up to 20 times the amount. 

Mace oil Myristica fragrans Seed coat SD Sabinene, pinenes, myristicine, terpi-nene-4-ol... 

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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