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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
GLUCOSE 7 Juice not available 19700.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
GLUCOSE 7 Resin, Exudate, Sap not available 2400.0 not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
GLUCOSE 7 Root not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Endosperm not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Seed 7610.0 14355.0 -1.15 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
GLYCINE 12 Endosperm not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
GLYCINE 12 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
GLYCINE 12 Seed 1580.0 2980.0 -1.15 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
GOLD 3 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEPTAN-2-OL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
HEXANOIC-ACID 2 Seed 585.0 7190.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
HISTIDINE 7 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
HISTIDINE 7 Seed 770.0 1455.0 -1.24 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
HYDROXYPHASEIC-ACID 0 Resin, Exudate, Sap not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
HYDROXYPROLINE 1 Endosperm not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
INOSITOL 8 Resin, Exudate, Sap not available 690.0 not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
IODINE 12 Seed not available 0.3 -0.25 Furr, A.K., et al. 1979
IRON 6 Seed 20.0 50.0 -0.47 Duke, 1992 *
ISOLEUCINE 3 Endosperm not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antidote (Cadmium) 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Hypoglycin-A) 1 Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Lead) 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Mercury) 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Paracetamol) 1 Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Paraquat) 1 Martindale's 28th
Antidrepanocytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidysenteric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidysgeuzic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidyskinetic 2 Martindale's 28th
Antidysmenorrheic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antidyspeptic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidysphagic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antieczemic 5 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiedemic 6 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiencephalitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiencephalopathic 8 Martindale's 29th
Antiencephalopathic? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiendometriotic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antienteritic 1 Duke, 1992 *