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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAMPESTEROL | 2 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CAPRIC-ACID | 3 | Seed | 2628.0 | 69743.0 | 2.63 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| CAPROIC-ACID | 1 | Endosperm | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CAPROIC-ACID | 1 | Seed | 117.0 | 3600.0 | -0.35 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAPRYLIC-ACID | 5 | Seed | 3154.0 | 68305.0 | 1.99 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Seed | 94000.0 | 331000.0 | -0.76 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CELLULOSE | 1 | Hull Husk | not available | 266000.0 | -1.14 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| CESIUM | 0 | Seed | not available | 0.1 | -0.34 | Furr, A.K., et al. 1979 |
| CHLORINE | 7 | Seed | not available | 1007.0 | 1.33 | Furr, A.K., et al. 1979 |
| CHROMIUM | 24 | Seed | not available | 0.2 | -0.65 | Furr, A.K., et al. 1979 |
| CITRIC-ACID | 23 | 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. |
| COBALT | 2 | Seed | not available | 0.2 | -0.20 | Furr, A.K., et al. 1979 |
| COPPER | 12 | Seed | 3.2 | 33.0 | 1.65 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CYCLOARTENOL | 7 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CYSTINE | 2 | Seed | 660.0 | 1245.0 | -1.33 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| D-GALACTOSE | 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. |
| D-GALACTURONIC-ACID | 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. |
| D-SORBITOL | 0 | Endosperm | not available | 15000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DECANOIC-ACID | 3 | Endosperm | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| DECANOIC-ACID | 3 | Seed | 4100.0 | 50330.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antienterotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiepileptic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiescherichic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiesophagitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiestrogenic | 2 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antifatigue | 7 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antifeedant | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antifertility | 2 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antifibrinolytic | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53. |
| Antifibromyalgic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antifibrotic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiflu | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 195. |
| Antifuruncular | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antigallstone | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigastritic | 4 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antigastrotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigingivitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiglaucomic | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiglossitic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiglycosuric | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |