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.
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
NIACIN	39	Fruit	13.0	19.0	-0.56	Duke, 1992 *
NOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
O-CRESOL	6	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
OLEIC-ACID	18	Fruit	183080.0	429155.0	2.83	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Fruit	148580.0	384930.0	5.63	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITOLEIC-ACID	2	Fruit	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.
PHOSPHORUS	4	Fruit	440.0	3100.0	-0.04	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Fruit	19000.0	99000.0	-0.14	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Fruit	1.0	1.7	-0.71	Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID	8	Fruit	4600.0	69615.0	4.34	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN	31	Fruit	2.0	3.5	-0.23	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Fruit	262000.0	280000.0	-2.13	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
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).