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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
GLUCOSE 7 Juice 19700.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
GLUCOSE 7 Resin, Exudate, Sap 2400.0 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
GLUCOSE 7 Root Jim Duke's personal files.
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Endosperm Jim Duke's personal files.
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Seed 7610.0 14355.0 -1.15 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
GLYCINE 12 Endosperm Jim Duke's personal files.
GLYCINE 12 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
GLYCINE 12 Seed 1580.0 2980.0 -1.15 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
GOLD 3 Plant *
HEPTAN-2-OL 0 Fruit Jim Duke's personal files.
HEXANOIC-ACID 2 Seed 585.0 7190.0 *
HISTIDINE 7 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
HISTIDINE 7 Seed 770.0 1455.0 -1.24 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
HYDROXYPHASEIC-ACID 0 Resin, Exudate, Sap Jim Duke's personal files.
HYDROXYPROLINE 1 Endosperm Jim Duke's personal files.
INOSITOL 8 Resin, Exudate, Sap 690.0 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
IODINE 12 Seed 0.3 -0.25 Furr, A.K., et al. 1979
IRON 6 Seed 20.0 50.0 -0.47 *
ISOLEUCINE 3 Endosperm Jim Duke's personal files.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Caspase-8-Inducer 1 *
Cataractagenic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Cathartic 1 *
Chelator 2 *
Chemopreventive 4 *
Cholagogue 1 Pharmazie, 46: 156, 1991.
Choleretic 8 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Cholesterolytic 2 *
Cicatrizant 1 *
Ciliotoxic 1 Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994.
Circulotonic 2 *
CNS-Depressant 2 *
CNS-Inhibitor 1 Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
CNS-Stimulant 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Cold-preventive 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Collagenic 2 *
Collyrium 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Comedogenic 1 Martindale's 29th
Comedolytic 1 *
Congestant 1 Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994.