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Common Names
Coconut; Coconut Palm; Copra; Nariyal; Kokospalme (Ger.); Cocotero (Sp.)
How this plant is used
Food
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| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DELTA-DECALACTONE | 1 | Endosperm | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| DELTA-DODECALACTONE | 1 | Endosperm | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| DELTA-OCTALACTONE | 0 | Endosperm | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| DIHYDRO-PHASEIC-ACID | 0 | Resin, Exudate, Sap | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| EHTYL-LACTATE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| EUROPIUM | 0 | Seed | not available | 0.1 | 1.47 | Furr, A.K., et al. 1979 |
| FAT | 0 | Seed | 58400.0 | 719000.0 | 2.39 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FERULIC-ACID | 61 | Leaf | 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. |
| FIBER | 15 | Seed | 30000.0 | 115000.0 | -0.16 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FLUORINE | 0 | Seed | not available | 2.7 | 1.36 | Furr, A.K., et al. 1979 |
| FRUCTOSE | 8 | Juice | not available | 22200.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| FRUCTOSE | 8 | Resin, Exudate, Sap | not available | 2100.0 | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| FRUCTOSE | 8 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| FUCOSTEROL | 0 | Pollen Or Spore | not available | not available | not available | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| GABA | 22 | 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. |
| GALACTITOL | 0 | Endosperm | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| GALACTOMANNAN | 0 | Seed | not available | 16000.0 | -1.00 | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| GAMMA-NONALACTONE | 2 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| GAMMA-TOCOPHEROL | 14 | Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GENTISIC-ACID | 8 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Dye | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Emetic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Encephalopathic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Energizer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Enterocontractant | 1 | J. Aromatherapy 4: 22. |
| Enterorelaxant | 1 | J. Aromatherapy 4: 22. |
| Ergogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Fungiphilic | 1 | J. Agric. Food Chem. 43: 2283. |
| Fungistat | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Gastroprotective | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |