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nutmeg

Kernel of the hard aromatic seed of the evergreen nutmeg tree, native to the Maluku Islands, Indonesia. Both the nutmeg and its secondary covering, known as mace, are used as spices in cookery. (Myristica fragrans, family Myristicaceae.)

Nutmeg is used in traditional medicine. For example, the African nutmeg tree Pycnanthus angolensis is used in traditional African medicine to treat chronic fungal infections in diabetics. As well as being used in traditional medicine, in 1999 US pharmacologists identified two compounds in nutmeg that lower glucose levels in diabetic mice.



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