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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
ISOLEUCINE 3 Seed 1310.0 2470.0 -1.02 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
KILOCALORIES 0 Seed 2960.0 7050.0 1.71 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
L-RHAMNOSE 0 Seed List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
LACTOSE 4 Root Jim Duke's personal files.
LANTHANUM 0 Seed 0.0 -0.17 Furr, A.K., et al. 1979
LAURIC-ACID 7 Endosperm Jim Duke's personal files.
LAURIC-ACID 7 Seed 25754.0 431400.0 3.36 *
LEAD 0 Seed 0.7 -0.50 Furr, A.K., et al. 1979
LEUCINE 2 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
LEUCINE 2 Seed 2470.0 4660.0 -1.19 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LIGNIN 13 Hull Husk 294000.0 1.00 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
LIGUSTRAZINE 3 Endosperm Jim Duke's personal files.
LIMONENE 60 Fruit Jim Duke's personal files.
LINAMARASE 0 Endosperm Jim Duke's personal files.
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed 584.0 18694.0 -0.76 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
LUTETIUM 0 Seed 0.0 0.07 Furr, A.K., et al. 1979
LYSINE 4 Endosperm Jim Duke's personal files.
LYSINE 4 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
LYSINE 4 Seed 1470.0 2775.0 -1.26 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MAGNESIUM 65 Seed 300.0 770.0 -0.86 Furr, A.K., et al. 1979
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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 *