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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Cocos nucifera (Arecaceae)

Common Names
Coconut; Coconut Palm; Copra; Nariyal; Kokospalme (Ger.); Cocotero (Sp.)
How this plant is used
Food

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
MAGNESIUM-OXIDE 0 Leaf 5700.0 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
MALIC-ACID 15 Seed List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
MANGANESE 14 Seed 9.0 281.0 2.83 *
MANNAN 0 Seed List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
MENTHOL 63 Fruit Jim Duke's personal files.
MERCURY 1 Seed 0.1 -0.12 Furr, A.K., et al. 1979
MESO-INOSITOL 0 Endosperm 100.0 *
METHIONINE 15 Endosperm Jim Duke's personal files.
METHIONINE 15 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
METHIONINE 15 Seed 620.0 1170.0 -0.81 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
METHOXYL 0 Hull Husk 56000.0 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
MOLYBDENUM 2 Seed 0.0 -0.86 Furr, A.K., et al. 1979
MUFA 13 Seed 14250.0 26880.0 -0.60 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Seed 7650.0 133015.0 1.45 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Seed Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
N-DOCASANE 0 Seed Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
N-DOTRIACONTANE 0 Seed Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
N-EICOSANE 0 Seed Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
N-HENEICOSANE 0 Seed Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
N-HENTRIACONTANE 3 Seed Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antinitrosic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antinociceptive 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antinyctalopic 1 *
Antiobesity 7 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiodontalgic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antionychyotic 1 *
Antiophidic 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antiophthalmic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiorchitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiosteoarthritic 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiosteoporotic 9 *
Antiototic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antioxidant 30 Larson, R.A. 1987. Review Article Number 30. The Antioxidants of Higher Plants. Phytochemistry. 27: 969-978.
Antioxidant Synergist 2 Merck 11th Edition
Antioxidant? 2 *
Antiparkinsonian 8 *
Antiparotitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipellagric 3 Martindale's 28th
Antiperiodontitic 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiperoxidant 3 Planta Medica, 57: A54, 1991.