The typical spices used in winter include nutmeg, cinnamon, clove and anise. These spices contain two groups of chemicals, the allylbenzenes and their isomers, the propenylbenzenes. It was suggested 40 years ago by Alexander Shulgin that these substances act as metabolic precursors of amphetamines. The biotransformation of these precursors to nitrogen-containing metabolites is reviewed. These r...

Zoomable user interfaces (ZUI) are a superset and potential successor of the familiar Windows, Icons, Menus and Pointers (WIMP) desktop graphical user interface paradigm. However, the process of creating them remains a complex problem. The interplay between the information in the zooming space, the changing semantic content of the information based on scale and novel interaction techniques resu...

Nutmeg seed oil is one of essential which unstable in storage. The stability nutmeg can be improved by being formulated into an emulgel with carbopol 940. This study was to determine the physical and SPF value vitro 940 as a gel base. made 10% concentration variation base, namely 0.60% (FI), 0.80% (FII), 1.0% (FIII). tested for including organoleptic, homogeneity, adhesion, dispersibility, visc...

Nutmeg as one of Indonesia native plants has already been used widely in herbal treatment. It demonstrated that nutmeg presents activities related to mitochondria functions. potentially the effect peroxisome proliferator activated receptors Υ (PPAR Υ) which contributes myogenesis, and may alters mitochondrial homeostasis respiration biogenesis. In this study, how extract oxidative process skele...

The article describes the nutmeg of a tree (Myristica), which is used as spice and traditional medicine but also abused an illicit drug. main chemical components, namely myristicin, are described. Full text English translation available in on-line version.

Nutmeg is an export commodity that can be utilized in the food or beverage industries. Only a small portion of nutmeg flesh used, so remainder discarded as waste. pulp waste used to make instant powdered drink. Processing drinks requires fillers such maltodextrin expedite drying and protect raw materials from damage. This study aimed determine best concentration on drink's physicochemical senso...