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Plant 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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
CAMPESTEROL 2 Seed Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CAPRIC-ACID 3 Seed 2628.0 69743.0 2.63 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
CAPROIC-ACID 1 Endosperm not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CAPROIC-ACID 1 Seed 117.0 3600.0 -0.35 Duke, 1992 *
CAPRYLIC-ACID 5 Seed 3154.0 68305.0 1.99 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Seed 94000.0 331000.0 -0.76 Duke, 1992 *
CELLULOSE 1 Hull Husk not available 266000.0 -1.14 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
CESIUM 0 Seed not available 0.1 -0.34 Furr, A.K., et al. 1979
CHLORINE 7 Seed not available 1007.0 1.33 Furr, A.K., et al. 1979
CHROMIUM 24 Seed not available 0.2 -0.65 Furr, A.K., et al. 1979
CITRIC-ACID 23 Seed 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.
COBALT 2 Seed not available 0.2 -0.20 Furr, A.K., et al. 1979
COPPER 12 Seed 3.2 33.0 1.65 Duke, 1992 *
CYCLOARTENOL 7 Seed Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CYSTINE 2 Seed 660.0 1245.0 -1.33 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
D-GALACTOSE 0 Seed 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.
D-GALACTURONIC-ACID 0 Seed 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.
D-SORBITOL 0 Endosperm not available 15000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DECANOIC-ACID 3 Endosperm not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
DECANOIC-ACID 3 Seed 4100.0 50330.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
AntiRaynaud's 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antirenitic 1 Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
Antiretardation 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiretinopathic 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiretinotic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antirheumatic 9 Martindale's 28th
Antirhinitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antisalmonella 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiscoliotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiscorbutic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiscotomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiseborrheic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiseptic 13 Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
Antiserotonin 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antishingles 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antisickling 5 Ekeke, G.I. and Shode, F.O. 1988. Phenylalanine is the Predominant Antisickling Agent in Cajanus cajan Seed Extract. Planta Medica 56(1): 41, 1990.
Antisilicotic 1 Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Antisinusitic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antispare-Tire 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antispasmodic 9 Fitoterapia No.59-1984.