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THE aromatic ether fraction of oil of nutmeg has been previously shown1 to consist of eugenol (Ia), isoeugenol (IIa), safrole (Ic) and myristicin (Id). Vacuum distillation yields a fraction (b.p. 109°–112°/1 mm mercury; 60 g from 1 kg of ‘W.I.’ oil of nutmeg (George Lueders and Co.)) which consisted of a substance heretofore accepted both chemically1,2 and pharmacologically3 as the single compound, myristicin (Id). 
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SHULGIN, A. Composition of the Myristicin Fraction from Oil of Nutmeg. Nature 197, 379 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/197379a0
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