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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
ARGININE 14 Seed 5460.0 10300.0 -0.61 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ARSENIC 2 Seed 0.0 -0.62 Furr, A.K., et al. 1979
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Seed 20.0 88.0 -0.29 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ASH 0 Seed 9000.0 22000.0 -0.78 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Endosperm Jim Duke's personal files.
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Seed 3250.0 6130.0 -1.46 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
BARIUM 0 Seed 0.1 -0.28 Furr, A.K., et al. 1979
BETA-AMYRIN 9 Seed Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Fruit 270.0 -0.44 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Seed Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
BORON 4 Seed 3.0 5.2 -0.90 *
BROMINE 0 Seed 4.0 -0.37 Furr, A.K., et al. 1979
BUTANE-2,3-DIOL 0 Endosperm Jim Duke's personal files.
BUTANE-2,3-DIONE 0 Endosperm Jim Duke's personal files.
BUTYROIN 0 Fruit Jim Duke's personal files.
CADMIUM 3 Seed 0.0 -0.33 Furr, A.K., et al. 1979
CALCIUM 28 Seed 71.0 476.0 -0.67 *
CALCIUM-OXIDE 0 Leaf 2700.0 -1.00 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
CAMPESTEROL 2 Fruit 30.0 -0.40 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
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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 *