Table 4.

Identification and quantification of the major active components from Myristica fragrans in different solvent extracts.

Extracting Solvents	Malabaricone B (mg/g)	Malabaricone C (mg/g)	Dehydrodiisoeugenol (mg/g)	Total Amount (mg/g)
Methanol	6.17 ± 0.51	31.67 ± 1.49	13.59 ± 0.50	51.43 ± 1.18
Ethanol	4.65 ± 0.54	27.54 ± 1.16	10.61 ± 0.59	42.80 ± 1.17
Acetone	2.72 ± 0.13	16.41 ± 0.91	6.62 ± 0.19	25.75 ± 0.67
Ethyl acetate	2.29 ± 0.28	15.12 ± 0.67	5.86 ± 0.89	23.27 ± 1.72
Chloroform	2.50 ± 0.05	4.48 ± 0.27	11.27 ± 0.54	18.25 ± 0.65
Dichloromethane	2.58 ± 0.08	3.89 ± 0.59	10.18 ± 0.42	16.65 ± 0.92
n-Hexane	1.10 ± 0.13	N.D. a	14.40 ± 0.36	15.52 ± 0.26

Results are expressed as milligrams of each compound in gram of extract; ^a N.D. indicates not detected.