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Common Names
Coconut; Coconut Palm; Copra; Nariyal; Kokospalme (Ger.); Cocotero (Sp.)
How this plant is used
Food
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| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N-HEPTACOSANE | 0 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| N-HEPTADECANE | 0 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| N-HEXACOSANE | 2 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| N-NONACOSANE | 1 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| N-NONADECANE | 0 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| N-OCTACOSANE | 0 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| N-OCTADECANE | 0 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| N-PENTACOSANE | 0 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| N-TETRACOSANE | 0 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| N-TRIACONTANE | 0 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| N-TRICOSANE | 0 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| NIACIN | 39 | Seed | 5.0 | 10.0 | -0.98 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| NICKEL | 3 | Seed | not available | 2.1 | -0.51 | Furr, A.K., et al. 1979 |
| NITROGEN | 0 | Hull Husk | not available | 1100.0 | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| OCTANOIC-ACID | 5 | Endosperm | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| OCTANOIC-ACID | 5 | Seed | 4670.0 | 57520.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OLEIC-ACID | 18 | Seed | 2920.0 | 58958.0 | -0.49 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| P-COUMARIC-ACID | 25 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| P-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID | 13 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | Seed | 4380.0 | 75495.0 | 0.86 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| 5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Acaricide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Acarifuge | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ACE-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Acetylcholinergic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AChE-Inhibitor | 1 | Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8. |
| Acidulant | 2 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Acnegenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Additive | 1 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Adjuvant | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Aggregant | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor | 4 | Ichikawa, K., et al. 1991. Isolation and Structure Determination of Aldose Reductase Inhibitors from Traditional Thai Medicine, and Syntheses of Their Derivatives. Sankyo Kenkyusho Nempo, 43: 99-110. |
| Allelochemic | 2 | Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp. |
| Allelopathic | 5 | Holappa, L.D., and Blum*, U. 1991. Effects of Exogenously Applied Ferulic Acid, a Potential Allelopathic Compound, on Leaf Growth, Water Utilization, and Endogenous Abscisic Acid Levels of Tomato, Cucumber, and Bean. J. of Chemical Ecology, 17(5): 865. |
| Allergenic | 7 | Martindale's 29th |
| Alpha-Amylase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Amphiglycemic? | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Analeptic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Analgesic | 11 | Martindale's 28th |