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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Antihyperkinetic | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antihyperlipoproteinaemic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antihypertensive | 9 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihypoglycemic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiimpotence | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiinfarctal | 1 | Soumyanath, A. Ed. 2006. Traditional Medicines for Modern Times - Antidiabetic Plants. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group. Boca Raton, FL. 314 pp. |
| Antiinfective | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiinfertility | 5 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiinflammatory | 21 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiinsomniac | 5 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiinsomnic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiinsulinogenic | 1 | Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95 |
| Antiischemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antikeratitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antikeshan | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiketotic | 3 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Antilactobacillic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antileishmanic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antilepric | 2 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antilethargic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |