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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Elaeis guineensis (Arecaceae)

Common Names
African Oil Palm
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
1-ETHYL-3,5-DIMETHOXY-4-HYDROXYBENZENE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
1-METHYL-3,5-DIMETHOXY-4-HYDROXYBENZENE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
2,6-DIMETHOXYPHENOL 2 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL 32 Fruit 75.0 125.0 0.80 Abstract (See species file)
ALPHA-TOCOTRIENOL 1 Fruit 100.0 165.0 Abstract (See species file)
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Fruit 120.0 163.0 -0.27 *
ASH 0 Fruit 9000.0 17000.0 -1.03 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Fruit 365.0 575.0 0.96 *
BETA-TOCOTRIENOL 0 Fruit 45.0 75.0 Abstract (See species file)
CALCIUM 28 Fruit 820.0 1360.0 -0.58 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Fruit 105000.0 364000.0 -2.24 *
FAT 0 Fruit 460000.0 819000.0 5.61 *
FIBER 15 Fruit 27000.0 43000.0 -0.93 *
GAMMA-TOCOTRIENOL 1 Fruit 220.0 360.0 Abstract (See species file)
GUAIACOL 18 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
IRON 6 Fruit 40.0 61.0 -0.29 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Fruit 5370.0 7460.0 5.77 *
LIGNOCERIC-ACID 1 Fruit 460.0 820.0 -1.00 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Fruit 9200.0 92550.0 0.95 *
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Fruit 2300.0 48320.0 2.01 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 5 *
Acidulant 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 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
Allelochemic 1 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allergenic 3 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 *
Analgesic 2 *
Androgenic? 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anemiagenic 1 *
Anesthetic 1 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 2 *
Antiacne 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodynic 1 *
AntiAGE 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
Antiaggregant 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiaging 2 *
Antiakathisic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic 1 *
Antiallergic 3 *
Antialopecic 3 *