Nutmeg

Contains volatile oil, including d-camphene and α-pinene, etc.; its fat also contains the toxic substance myristicin.

Besides its aromatic nature, nutmeg oil also has marked anesthetic properties. In lower animals it can cause dilated pupils, unsteady gait, followed by sleep and slowed respiration; at larger doses reflexes disappear. The dose that anesthetizes cats often simultaneously causes hepatic fatty degeneration and death.

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