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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Antiarthritic | 11 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiasthmatic | 6 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiatheromic | 1 | Cerda, J.J. Pectin in Health and Disease. HortScience, 25(12): 1485, 1990. |
| Antiatherosclerotic | 10 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antibacillus | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antibackache | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antibacterial | 21 | Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994. |
| Antiberiberi | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiBPH | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antibronchitic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Anticalculic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer | 9 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Breast) | 1 | Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103. |
| Anticancer (Cervix) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Colon) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Esophagus)? | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Anticancer (Forestomach) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Liver) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Lung) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Skin) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |