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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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
UNDECANOIC-ACID 0 Seed ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
URONIC-ANHYDRIDES 0 Hull Husk 35000.0 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
VALINE 3 Endosperm Jim Duke's personal files.
VALINE 3 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
VALINE 3 Seed 2020.0 3810.0 -1.01 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
VANADIUM 16 Seed 0.0 -0.59 Furr, A.K., et al. 1979
VANILLIC-ACID 24 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
VANILLIN 28 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
VIT-E 0 Seed 2.0 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
WATER 0 Hull Husk 80000.0 -1.00 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
WATER 0 Leaf 84500.0 -3.61 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
WATER 0 Seed 363000.0 546000.0 1.22 *
YTTERBIUM 0 Seed 0.1 -0.28 Furr, A.K., et al. 1979
ZINC 77 Seed 9.0 25.0 -0.57 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Dye 1 Merck 11th Edition
Emetic 1 Martindale's 29th
Encephalopathic 1 Martindale's 29th
Energizer 1 *
Enterocontractant 1 J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.
Enterorelaxant 1 J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.
Ergogenic 1 *
Erythrocytogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Essential 8 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Estrogenic 3 *
Expectorant 2 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.
Febrifuge 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Fibrinolytic 1 *
Fistula-Preventive 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Flatugenic 2 Singh, J., Gupta, K., and Arora, S.K. 1993. Changes in the anti-nutritional factors of developing seeds and pod walls of fenugreek (Trigonella foenum graecum L.). Plant Foods for Human Nutrition. 46: 77-84, 1994.
FLavor 17 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Fungicide 12 *
Fungiphilic 1 J. Agric. Food Chem. 43: 2283.
Fungistat 2 *
Gastroprotective 2 *