Elemicin

  • 3 - ( 3,4,5- trimethoxyphenyl ) -1-propene
  • 1,2,3- trimethoxy -5-( 2-propenyl ) benzene ( IUPAC)
  • 5 -allyl -1 ,2,3- trimethoxybenzene

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Elemicin, chemical name 3,4,5- Trimethoxyallylbenzol or 3 - ( 3,4,5- trimethoxyphenyl )-1 -propene (IUPAC), is an ingredient of nutmeg ( Myristica fragrans ).

As the related, also contained in the nutmeg, compounds safrole and myristicin has also elemicin a hallucinogenic effect. Except in the nutmeg is found elemicin luzonicum to about 2 % in tree resin elemi of Canarium.

The exact metabolism of elemicin in the body is not yet clear. Probably the substance 3,4,5- trimethoxyamphetamine (TMA ) is metabolized. This TMA is similar in structure to the alkaloid mescaline very.

Further Reading

  • E. Solheim and RR Scheline: Metabolism of alkenebenzene derivative in the rat. III. Elemicin and isoelemicin. In: Xenobiotica 10, 1980, pp. 371-380. PMID 7415220
  • M. De Vincenzi, among other things: Constituents of aromatic plants: elemicin. In: Fitoterapia 75, 2004, pp. 615-618. doi: 10.1016/j.fitote.2004.05.003 PMID 15,351,123
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