Synonym(s)
CAS number: 84082-68-8; Mace Essential Oil
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Myristica fragans aril oil, is the essential, light yellow, thin oil with a pleasant warm and spicy fragrance, obtained by steam distillation from the dried, orange-brown seed coat (mace) of the nutmeg (myristica fragans). Myristica fragans aril oil is used in cosmetic formulations. The oil contains camphene, cymene, borneol, linalool, terpeniol.
The substance has a strengthening effect on skin or hair. Furthermore, the substance acts as an aromatic agent (reduces or inhibits the basic smell or taste of a product).
Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer