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Plant 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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
PECTIN 24 Seed not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
PENTOSANS 0 Hull Husk not available 277000.0 -1.00 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
PHENYLALANINE 7 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
PHENYLALANINE 7 Seed 1690.0 3190.0 -1.00 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PHOSPHORUS 4 Seed 830.0 2400.0 -0.78 Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS-OXIDE-(P2O5) 0 Leaf not available 1700.0 not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
PHYLLOQUINONE 5 Oil not available 0.0 -1.09 Duke, 1992 *
PHYTATE 0 Seed 2300.0 2370.0 -1.28 Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOSTEROLS 2 Seed 470.0 885.0 -0.41 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
POTASSIUM 14 Seed 2560.0 11491.0 -0.09 Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM-OXIDE-(K20) 0 Leaf not available 52300.0 not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
PROLINE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
PROLINE 0 Seed 1380.0 2605.0 -1.72 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PROTEIN 0 Seed 32000.0 77000.0 -1.39 Duke, 1992 *
PUFA 4 Seed 3660.0 26880.0 -0.60 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
QUINIC-ACID 1 Seed not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
RAFFINOSE 1 Resin, Exudate, Sap not available 900.0 not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
RAFFINOSE 1 Root not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Seed 0.2 0.7 -1.08 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
RUBIDIUM 0 Seed not available 16.0 -0.03 Furr, A.K., et al. 1979
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiviral? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antivitiligic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antivulvitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiyeast 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anxiolytic 7 Merck 11th Edition
AP-1-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Aphrodisiac 1 Duke, 1992 *
Apoptotic 4 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker 1 Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Blocker 2 Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Bradycardic 1 Martindale's 28th