The main components of CEO are: cinnamic aldehyde (81%), coumarin (3%); and for NEOare: a-pinene (20%), sabinene (14%), [beta]-pinene (14%),
myristicin 11%) and terpinen-4-ol (6%).
Dill consists of flavonoids like kaempferol,
myristicin, and vicenin.
Unfortunately that spice contains a compound called
Myristicin which can poison dogs if consumed in large amounts - such as might happen if your pet were to raid your baked goods.
Caption: Figure 1: A typical HPLC chromatograph showing the standard mixture of phenolic compounds, i.e., [1] caffeic acid, [2] resorcinol, [6] vanillic acid, [7] p-coumaric acid, [9] ferulic acid, [10] vanillin, [11] veratric acid, [4]
myristicin, [5] coumarin, and cinnamic acid.
Consuming two whole nuts can be fatal;
myristicin is the substance responsible toxicity and hallucinogenic effects.
55 1518 1517
Myristicin 2.4 56 1513 1513 [gamma]-Cadinene 57 1516 1520 7-epi-[alpha]-Selinene 58 1501 1511 [delta]-Amorphene 0.3 59 1518 1522 [delta]-Cadinene 0.4 60 1530 1545 Propiopiperone 61 1544 1548 Elemol 62 1554 1555 Elemicin 1.4 63 1559 1561 (E)-Nerolidol 0.5 64 1571 1577 Spathulenol 0.5 65 1576 1582 Caryophyllene oxide 1.5 66 1580 1601 [alpha]-Cedrol 67 1582 1590 Globulol 68 1584 1592 Viridiflorol 1.2 69 1593 1624 Selina-6-en-4-ol 70 1606 -- n.i.
The main constituents are monoterpene hydrocarbons; mainly camphene, pinene, cymene and
myristicin. It is a prostaglandin inhibitor, anti-inflammatory, anti-diarrhoeal, sedative and a digestive stimulant.
The composition of anise oil from Illicium verum resembles that of anise oil obtained from Pimpinella anisum but also contains trace quantities of safrole and
myristicin [19].
Additionally, phenyl propanoids such as
myristicin, present in different Apiaceae (Hall, 1973), may contribute to neurological effects (Hallstrom and Thuvander, 1997).
Upon GC/MS analysis essential oil contained thirty compounds eluted on a DB-1-1022 column such as 1R-a-Pinene, b-Pinene, D-Limonene, b-Phellandrene, b-Terpinyl acetate, T-Terpinene, p-Cymene, Dehydro-p-cymene, cis-b-Terpineol, Trans-p-Metha-2,8-dienal, 4-Terpineol, Trans-dihydrocarvone, a-Terpineol, D-Carvone, Carvone, Cis-p-Menth-1-en-3-ol, 2,3-Epoxycarene, L-cis-Sabinol, p-Cymen-8-ol, cis-Carveol, Estragole, 2-Pinen-4-one, 2-Allyl-4-methyl phenol, O-tert-butyl Phenol, Thymol, Carvacrol, Elemicin,
Myristicin, Apiol, Methoxyeugenol and Limonene-6-ol, pivalate (Table 5).
Similarly, another research work showed that
myristicin, a constituent of M.