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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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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
CAMPESTEROL 2 Seed Oil 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 Jim Duke's personal files.
CAPROIC-ACID 1 Seed 117.0 3600.0 -0.35 *
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 *
CELLULOSE 1 Hull Husk 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 0.1 -0.34 Furr, A.K., et al. 1979
CHLORINE 7 Seed 1007.0 1.33 Furr, A.K., et al. 1979
CHROMIUM 24 Seed 0.2 -0.65 Furr, A.K., et al. 1979
CITRIC-ACID 23 Seed List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
COBALT 2 Seed 0.2 -0.20 Furr, A.K., et al. 1979
COPPER 12 Seed 3.2 33.0 1.65 *
CYCLOARTENOL 7 Seed Oil 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 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 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
D-SORBITOL 0 Endosperm 15000.0 *
DECANOIC-ACID 3 Endosperm Jim Duke's personal files.
DECANOIC-ACID 3 Seed 4100.0 50330.0 1.00 *
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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 *