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

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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
1-ETHYL-3,5-DIMETHOXY-4-HYDROXYBENZENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
1-METHYL-3,5-DIMETHOXY-4-HYDROXYBENZENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
2,6-DIMETHOXYPHENOL	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	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	not available	Abstract (See species file)
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Fruit	120.0	163.0	-0.27	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Fruit	9000.0	17000.0	-1.03	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Fruit	365.0	575.0	0.96	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-TOCOTRIENOL	0	Fruit	45.0	75.0	not available	Abstract (See species file)
CALCIUM	28	Fruit	820.0	1360.0	-0.58	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Fruit	105000.0	364000.0	-2.24	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Fruit	460000.0	819000.0	5.61	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Fruit	27000.0	43000.0	-0.93	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-TOCOTRIENOL	1	Fruit	220.0	360.0	not available	Abstract (See species file)
GUAIACOL	18	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
IRON	6	Fruit	40.0	61.0	-0.29	Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES	0	Fruit	5370.0	7460.0	5.77	Duke, 1992 *
LIGNOCERIC-ACID	1	Fruit	460.0	820.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Fruit	9200.0	92550.0	0.95	Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTIC-ACID	6	Fruit	2300.0	48320.0	2.01	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antisyndrome-X	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
Antitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antituberculic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor	3	Simon, P.W. Carrots and Other Horticultural Crops as a Source of Provitamin A Carotenes. HortScience, 25(12): 1495, 1990.
Antitumor (Bladder)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Breast)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (CNS)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Gastric)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Prostate)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Stomach)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcer	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antivertigo	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antixerophthalmic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anxiolytic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Apoptotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Asthma-preventive	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).