. From 1996 to 1998, in a series of cases, seven poisonings with nutmeg were recorded by the Erfurt Poison Information Centre. Even where higher doses (20–80 g of powder) had been ingested, a life-threatening situation was never observed. In one of these cases, a myristicin blood level of 2 μg/ml was measured 8 h after ingestion of two to three tablespoonful of nutmeg powder (approx. 14–21 g, or 280–420 mg/kg).