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The isolation and identification of the chemical composition of Myristica argentea Warb (M. argentea) from Moluccas Island have been made in the present work. A steam distillation method was provided to isolate its essential oil. It shows that the presentation of M. argentea was 1.62% and 3.26% (% w/w) in mace and seed, respectively. GC-FID and GC–MS analysis was provided to identify its chemical compositions. The result shows that the main components contained in the M. argentea were safrole (49.06–62.25% and 15.04–18.12% of mace and seed, respectively), followed by sabinene (20.18–26.32% and 15.04–18.12% of mace and seed, respectively), α-terpinene (4.14–6.25% and 4.49–10.85% of mace and seed, respectively), and β-phellandrene (5.84–8.85% and 10.41–11.07% of mace and seed, respectively). The results indicate that the potential use of essential oil of M. argentea from Moluccas Island …