Nutmeg butter

If nutmeg butter, a commercial fat obtained by the hot pressing of ground nutmegs, is available, the above extraction may be omitted. The only operation necessary is a double crystallization of the crude material from boiling 95 per cent alcohol. Since nutmeg butter is frequently adulterated with foreign fats, the purity of the product should be checked by the saponification number (232 for pure trimyristin). 

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

Muskat-fett, n. nutmeg butter, -nuss, /. nutmeg. -nussdli -ol, n. nutmeg oil. 

The extracted or expressed fixed oil is an orange-coloured aromatic semi-solid, also known as concrete or nutmeg butter (because it has the consistency of butter at room temperature). It melts at 45—51°C and has a specific gravity of 0.990. It is completely soluble in hot alcohol, but sparingly soluble in cold. However, it is freely soluble in ether and chloroform. The major component of fixed oil is trimyristin. 

Extraction process 4 Extraction of Myristicin from nutmeg or nutmeg butter... 

Myristic acid occurs naturally in nutmeg butter and in most animal and vegetables fats. Synthetically, it may be prepared by electrolysis of methyl hydrogen adipate and decanoic acid or by Maurer oxidation of myristyl alcohol. 

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Oil of Nutmeg, Expressed. Nutmeg butter oil of mace. Oi] expressed Irom nutmeg (Myristica fragrans... 

Trimyristin is a white crystalline fat, m.p. 54-55 , obtainable from nutmeg, and is the principal constituent of nutmeg butter. Hydrolysis of trimyristin with hot aqueous sodium hydroxide gives an excellent yield of myristic acid, m.p. 52-53 , as the only fatty acid. 

Fats, nutmeg butter. See Mace (Myristica fragrans) oil... 

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... 

Laurie (12 0) and myristic acid (14 0) occur extensively in seed fats of the Lauraceae and Myris-ticeae respectively, a fact which is reflected in the trivial names of these acids. Laurie acid, for example, is the dominant acid in cinnamon oil (80-90%), Babassu fat (40-55%, Section 3.3.2), coconut oil (41-56%, Section 3.3.8), and palmkernel oil (41-55%, Section 3.3.25). Myristic acid occurs in nutmeg butter (60-70%) and Ucuhuba oil (—70%, Section 3.3.35) and at lower levels in coconut (15-18%) and palmkernel oil (14-20%). 

Myristic Ci Ho COOH 54 Nutmeg butter, liver fat, cocoa-nut oil, dika fat, croton oil. 

Other iess known vegetable butters include Shea butter from the African plant Butyrospermum parkii, Mowrah fat or iiiipe butter from the Indian plant Bassia longifolia, and nutmeg butter. By broadening the definition of butter to include foods that are spread like butter, peanut butter, hazelnut butter, and walnut butter are included as vegetable butters. 

Others. The fixed oil of nutmeg (nutmeg butter) obtained by expression is used in soap making and in candles. 

Myristic acid C13H27COOH As a glyceride in nutmeg butter, coconut butter, seeds of Virola venezuelensis. 

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