Myristicin is a phenylpropene, a natural organic compound that is found naturally in plants such as nutmeg, parsley, dill anise, star anise, black pepper, carrot, common fennel and sweet fennel. Examples of other phenylpropenes include eugenol, chavicol, safrole and estragole- which all can be found in essential oils of plants. Myristicin is naturally used by plants as […]
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Nutmeg – A Psychoactive Antidepressant
So what is nutmeg? Well, Nutmeg is a spice with psychoactive properties. Nutmeg refers to the seed inside of the fruit of the Myristica fragrans tree. And the red aril that surrounds the seed is known as “mace”. The Myristica fragrans tree is native to the Spice Islands inside of Indonesia, and is also cultivated […]
