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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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
DELTA-DECALACTONE 1 Endosperm Jim Duke's personal files.
DELTA-DODECALACTONE 1 Endosperm Jim Duke's personal files.
DELTA-OCTALACTONE 0 Endosperm Jim Duke's personal files.
DIHYDRO-PHASEIC-ACID 0 Resin, Exudate, Sap Jim Duke's personal files.
EHTYL-LACTATE 0 Fruit Jim Duke's personal files.
EUROPIUM 0 Seed 0.1 1.47 Furr, A.K., et al. 1979
FAT 0 Seed 58400.0 719000.0 2.39 *
FERULIC-ACID 61 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
FIBER 15 Seed 30000.0 115000.0 -0.16 *
FLUORINE 0 Seed 2.7 1.36 Furr, A.K., et al. 1979
FRUCTOSE 8 Juice 22200.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
FRUCTOSE 8 Resin, Exudate, Sap 2100.0 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
FRUCTOSE 8 Root Jim Duke's personal files.
FUCOSTEROL 0 Pollen Or Spore Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
GABA 22 Seed List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
GALACTITOL 0 Endosperm Jim Duke's personal files.
GALACTOMANNAN 0 Seed 16000.0 -1.00 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
GAMMA-NONALACTONE 2 Seed Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
GAMMA-TOCOPHEROL 14 Oil *
GENTISIC-ACID 8 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antienterotic 1 *
Antiepileptic 5 *
Antiescherichic 2 *
Antiesophagitic 1 *
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 *
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 *
Antifibrotic 3 *
Antiflu 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 195.
Antifuruncular 1 Martindale's 28th
Antigallstone 2 *
Antigastritic 4 Martindale's 29th
Antigastrotic 1 *
Antigingivitic 1 *
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 *