Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2020 Jan 28
Myristica fragrans seed extract reverses scopolamine-induced cortical injury via stimulation of HO-1 expression in male rats.
Al-Quraishy S, Dkhil MA, Abdel-Gaber R, Zrieq R, Hafez TA, Mubaraki MA, Abdel Moneim AE
Myristica fragrans, commonly known as nutmeg, belongs to the Myristicaceae family and is used as a spice and for its medicinal properties. The purpose ...
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Food Sci Nutr
Limonene, the compound in essential oil of nutmeg displayed antioxidant effect in sunflower oil during the deep-frying of Chinese Maye.
Wang D, Dong Y, Wang Q, Wang X, Fan W
The deep-frying process for plenty of fried products using vegetable oils needs safe and effective antioxidants. In the present exploration, the nutme ...
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Acta Med Port 2019 Sep 30
[The Psychoactive Power of Foods: A Case of Acute Nutmeg Intoxication].
Duarte D, Mendonça M, Ramos L
Ingestion of high doses of nutmeg causes potentially serious and disabling medical and psychiatric consequences. No isolated component of nutmeg has b ...
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Anal Bioanal Chem 2020 Jan 11
Deep eutectic solvent-based headspace single-drop microextraction for the quantification of terpenes in spices.
Triaux Z, Petitjean H, Marchioni E, Boltoeva M, Marcic C
Deep eutectic solvents (DESs) were investigated as extracting solvent for headspace single-drop microextraction (HS-SDME). The extraction efficiency o ...
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Foods
The Essential Oil and Hydrolats from Myristica fragrans Seeds with Magnesium Aluminometasilicate as Excipient: Antioxidant, Antibacterial, and Anti-inflammatory Activity.
Matulyte I, Jekabsone A, Jankauskaite L, Zavistanaviciute P, Sakiene V, Bartkiene E, Ruzauskas M, Kopustinskiene DM, Santini A, Bernatoniene J
Nutmeg (Myristica fragrans) essential oil has antimicrobial, antiseptic, antiparasitic, anti-inflammatory, and antioxidant properties. We have recentl ...
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