Nutmeg (Myristica fragrans Houtt) including one of plants in the family Myristicaceae. Due to its high value as a spice, nutmeg fruit and seeds has become an important trade commodity since Roman times. Beans Nutmeg essential oil contains 7-14%. Nutmeg powder is used as a flavoring for breads or cakes, puddings, sauces, vegetables, and refreshing drinks. The oil is also used as a mixture of perfume or SOAP (Preedy et al, 2011). The nutmeg seed oil are also as an antiseptic, analgesic, and properties antirematik (Gupta and Deepak, 2011). Takikawa et al., 2002 reported that the essential oil of nutmeg seed extract and have antimicrobial activity against bacteria Escherichia coli O157. Gupta et al., 1995 stated that the essential oil of nutmeg seeds are as antioxidant, antimicrobial and antifungi. Beans Nutmeg essential oil is also capable of inhibiting.) the growth of the parasite Toxoplasma gondii (Pillai et al., 2012)
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