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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAGNESIUM-OXIDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | 5700.0 | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| MALIC-ACID | 15 | 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. |
| MANGANESE | 14 | Seed | 9.0 | 281.0 | 2.83 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MANNAN | 0 | 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. |
| MENTHOL | 63 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| MERCURY | 1 | Seed | not available | 0.1 | -0.12 | Furr, A.K., et al. 1979 |
| MESO-INOSITOL | 0 | Endosperm | not available | 100.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHIONINE | 15 | Endosperm | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| METHIONINE | 15 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| METHIONINE | 15 | Seed | 620.0 | 1170.0 | -0.81 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| METHOXYL | 0 | Hull Husk | not available | 56000.0 | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| MOLYBDENUM | 2 | Seed | not available | 0.0 | -0.86 | Furr, A.K., et al. 1979 |
| MUFA | 13 | Seed | 14250.0 | 26880.0 | -0.60 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| MYRISTIC-ACID | 6 | Seed | 7650.0 | 133015.0 | 1.45 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| MYRISTIC-ACID | 6 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| N-DOCASANE | 0 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| N-DOTRIACONTANE | 0 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| N-EICOSANE | 0 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| N-HENEICOSANE | 0 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| N-HENTRIACONTANE | 3 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| 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) |