What Is Nutmeg Trimyristin

Nutmeg spice comes from the seeds of the Myristica fragrans tree in the East Indies. Trimyristin is found in the fixed oil of nutmeg. The fixed oil comprises approximately 24-40% of the nutmeg seed. Trimyristin comprises 73% of the fixed oil.

How much of nutmeg is trimyristin?

It is an uncommonly simple natural product extraction because nutmeg oil generally consists of over eighty percent trimyristin. Trimyristin makes up between 20-25% of the overall mass of dried, ground nutmeg.

Why is trimyristin washed with cold acetone?

Ice-cold fresh acetone was poured over the recrystallized trimyristin while in the Büchner funnel to remove any remaining impurities and make the impurities enter into the filtrate (this was called “washing” the crystals).