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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
SUCCINIC-ACID 7 Root not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
SUCCINIC-ACID 7 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.
SUCROSE 14 Juice not available 4300.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
SUCROSE 14 Resin, Exudate, Sap not available 134000.0 not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
SULFUR 14 Seed 440.0 1370.0 -0.66 Duke, 1992 *
SYRINGALDEHYDE 4 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.
SYRINGIC-ACID 6 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.
TANNIN 35 Plant not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
TANTALUM 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN 31 Seed 0.3 1.0 -1.33 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
THORIUM 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
THREONINE 4 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
THREONINE 4 Seed 1210.0 2285.0 -1.31 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
TIN 4 Seed not available 1.5 -0.44 Furr, A.K., et al. 1979
TITANIUM 0 Seed not available 5.6 -0.45 Furr, A.K., et al. 1979
TRIDECANOIC-ACID 2 Seed not available not available not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Seed 390.0 735.0 -0.88 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
TUNGSTEN 0 Seed not available 0.3 2.90 Furr, A.K., et al. 1979
TYROSINE 8 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
TYROSINE 8 Seed 1030.0 1945.0 -1.34 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
PKC-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Polyamine-Synthesis-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Preservative 2 Merck 11th Edition
Prolactinogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Prooxidant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Propecic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandigenic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandin-Sparer 1 Fujita, T., Nakatani, E., Funaishi, N., Sakuma, S., Fujimoto, Y. Potent inhibition of prostaglandin inactivation in rabbit gastric antral mucosal slices by selenium ions in-vitro. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 655-657, 1990.
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Protisticide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Psychotropic 1 Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
Purgative 1 Martindale's 28th
Refrigerant 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.
Roborant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Rubefacient 1 Duke, 1992 *
Scabicide 1 Martindale's 29th
Schizophrenigenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Secretogogue 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Sedative 6 Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)