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The oil from the leaves of Myristica fragrans, Houtt. (d2.o 0,861 to 0,863) boils principally at 165°4). According to P. van Romburgh5) it contains u-pinene (m.p. of nitrosochloride 108°).
*) Chemical examination and physiological action of nutmeg. Americ. Journ. Pharm. 80 (1908), 563.
2) Uber Myristicin und einige ihm nahestehende Substanzen. Bericht yon Schimmel § Co. April 1004, 157.
3) Jaarb. dep. Landb. in Ned.-lndie, Batavia 1909, 64; 1910, 49.
4) Verslag 's Lands plantentuin, Buitenzorg 1895, p. 38.
•"') Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen te Amsterdam 1900, 416.
 
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