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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
1,3-DIPHENYLUREA? 0 Seed List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
2,3,5-TRIMETHYLPYRAZINE 0 Endosperm Jim Duke's personal files.
2-(3-METHYL-BUT-2-ENYL-AMINO)-PURIN-6-ONE 0 Juice Jim Duke's personal files.
24-METHYLENE-CYCLOARTENOL 0 Seed Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
ACETOIN 0 Endosperm Jim Duke's personal files.
ACETOSYRINGONE 0 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ACETOVANILLONE 0 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ALANINE 3 Endosperm Jim Duke's personal files.
ALANINE 3 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
ALANINE 3 Seed 1700.0 3205.0 -1.48 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ALPHA-AMYRIN 10 Seed Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Fruit Jim Duke's personal files.
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL 32 Oil 18.0 -0.67 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL 32 Seed 7.0 13.0 -0.69 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL 32 Seed Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
ALUMINUM 5 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
ALUMINUM 5 Seed 7.2 -0.35 *
ANTIMONY 0 Seed 0.1 -0.17 Furr, A.K., et al. 1979
ARGININE 14 Endosperm Jim Duke's personal files.
ARGININE 14 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antitumor (Colon) 3 *
Antitumor (Esophagus)? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitumor (Forestomach) 1 *
Antitumor (Gastric) 1 *
Antitumor (Liver) 1 *
Antitumor (Lung) 3 *
Antitumor (Pancreas) 1 *
Antitumor (Prostate) 4 *
Antitumor (Skin) 1 *
Antitumor (Stomach) 2 *
Antitumor-Promoter 6 Cancer Research, 48: 5941.
Antitussive 1 *
Antiulcer 12 *
Antiulcerogenic 1 Rafatullah, S., Tariq, M., Al-Yahya, M.A., Mossa, J.S., and Ageel, A.M. 1989. Evaluation of Turmeric (Curcuma longa) for Gastric and Duodenal Antiulcer Activity in Rats. J. of Ethnopharmacology, 29: 25-34, 1990.
Antiuremic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiuricosuric 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Antivaginitic 2 Martindale's 28th
Antivaricose 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antivertigo 1 *
Antiviral 12 *