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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
SALICYLATES 7 Seed 2.0 3.0 -0.32 *
SAMARIUM 0 Seed 0.0 -0.33 Furr, A.K., et al. 1979
SCANDIUM 0 Seed 0.0 -0.64 Furr, A.K., et al. 1979
SCYLLITOL 0 Endosperm 500.0 *
SCYLLITOL 0 Juice 500.0 *
SCYLLITOL 0 Leaf 3200.0 1.00 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
SELENIUM 60 Seed 0.0 -0.26 Furr, A.K., et al. 1979
SERINE 1 Endosperm Jim Duke's personal files.
SERINE 1 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
SERINE 1 Seed 1720.0 3245.0 -1.40 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SFA 0 Seed 296980.0 560235.0 4.93 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SHIKIMIC-ACID 14 Seed List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
SILICON 4 Seed 370.0 -0.57 Furr, A.K., et al. 1979
SODIUM 1 Seed 145.0 626.0 0.28 *
SORBITOL 11 Endosperm Jim Duke's personal files.
SQUALENE 10 Seed ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
SQUALENE 10 Seed Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
STEARIC-ACID 8 Seed 584.0 32710.0 0.14 *
STIGMASTEROL 12 Seed Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
STRONTIUM 0 Seed 2.8 -0.75 Furr, A.K., et al. 1979
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
PKC-Inhibitor 1 *
Polyamine-Synthesis-Inhibitor 1 *
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 *
Propecic 4 *
Prostaglandigenic 3 *
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 *
Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor 1 *
Protisticide 1 *
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 *
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)