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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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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
NIACIN 39 Fruit 13.0 19.0 -0.56 *
NOL 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
O-CRESOL 6 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
OLEIC-ACID 18 Fruit 183080.0 429155.0 2.83 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Fruit 148580.0 384930.0 5.63 *
PALMITOLEIC-ACID 2 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
PHOSPHORUS 4 Fruit 440.0 3100.0 -0.04 *
PROTEIN 0 Fruit 19000.0 99000.0 -0.14 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Fruit 1.0 1.7 -0.71 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Fruit 4600.0 69615.0 4.34 *
THIAMIN 31 Fruit 2.0 3.5 -0.23 *
WATER 0 Fruit 262000.0 280000.0 -2.13 *
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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 *