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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
N-HEPTACOSANE 0 Seed Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
N-HEPTADECANE 0 Seed Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
N-HEXACOSANE 2 Seed Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
N-NONACOSANE 1 Seed Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
N-NONADECANE 0 Seed Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
N-OCTACOSANE 0 Seed Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
N-OCTADECANE 0 Seed Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
N-PENTACOSANE 0 Seed Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
N-TETRACOSANE 0 Seed Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
N-TRIACONTANE 0 Seed Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
N-TRICOSANE 0 Seed Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
NIACIN 39 Seed 5.0 10.0 -0.98 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
NICKEL 3 Seed not available 2.1 -0.51 Furr, A.K., et al. 1979
NITROGEN 0 Hull Husk not available 1100.0 not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
OCTANOIC-ACID 5 Endosperm not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
OCTANOIC-ACID 5 Seed 4670.0 57520.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed 2920.0 58958.0 -0.49 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Leaf 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.
P-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID 13 Leaf 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.
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Seed 4380.0 75495.0 0.86 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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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 *