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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
N-HEPTACOSANE 0 Seed Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
N-HEPTADECANE 0 Seed Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
N-HEXACOSANE 2 Seed Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
N-NONACOSANE 1 Seed Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
N-NONADECANE 0 Seed Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
N-OCTACOSANE 0 Seed Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
N-OCTADECANE 0 Seed Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
N-PENTACOSANE 0 Seed Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
N-TETRACOSANE 0 Seed Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
N-TRIACONTANE 0 Seed Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
N-TRICOSANE 0 Seed Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
NIACIN 39 Seed 5.0 10.0 -0.98 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
NICKEL 3 Seed 2.1 -0.51 Furr, A.K., et al. 1979
NITROGEN 0 Hull Husk 1100.0 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
OCTANOIC-ACID 5 Endosperm Jim Duke's personal files.
OCTANOIC-ACID 5 Seed 4670.0 57520.0 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed 2920.0 58958.0 -0.49 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
P-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID 13 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Seed 4380.0 75495.0 0.86 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiviral? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antivitiligic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antivulvitic 1 *
Antiyeast 1 *
Anxiolytic 7 Merck 11th Edition
AP-1-Inhibitor 1 *
Aphrodisiac 1 *
Apoptotic 4 *
Artemicide 2 Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990.
Arteriodilator 1 Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Ascaricide 1 *
Asthma-preventive 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Astringent 1 Martindale's 28th
Atherogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
ATPase-Inhibitor 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Bacteristat 3 *
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker 1 *
Beta-Blocker 2 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor 1 *
Bradycardic 1 Martindale's 28th