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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. |
| 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 * |