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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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
PECTIN 24 Seed List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
PENTOSANS 0 Hull Husk 277000.0 -1.00 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
PHENYLALANINE 7 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
PHENYLALANINE 7 Seed 1690.0 3190.0 -1.00 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PHOSPHORUS 4 Seed 830.0 2400.0 -0.78 *
PHOSPHORUS-OXIDE-(P2O5) 0 Leaf 1700.0 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
PHYLLOQUINONE 5 Oil 0.0 -1.09 *
PHYTATE 0 Seed 2300.0 2370.0 -1.28 *
PHYTOSTEROLS 2 Seed 470.0 885.0 -0.41 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
POTASSIUM 14 Seed 2560.0 11491.0 -0.09 *
POTASSIUM-OXIDE-(K20) 0 Leaf 52300.0 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
PROLINE 0 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
PROLINE 0 Seed 1380.0 2605.0 -1.72 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PROTEIN 0 Seed 32000.0 77000.0 -1.39 *
PUFA 4 Seed 3660.0 26880.0 -0.60 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
QUINIC-ACID 1 Seed List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
RAFFINOSE 1 Resin, Exudate, Sap 900.0 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
RAFFINOSE 1 Root Jim Duke's personal files.
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Seed 0.2 0.7 -1.08 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
RUBIDIUM 0 Seed 16.0 -0.03 Furr, A.K., et al. 1979
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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.