Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Elaeis oleifera (Arecaceae)

Common Names
American 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
ARACHIDIC-ACID 0 Fruit 1450.0 2500.0 -0.46 *
FAT 0 Fruit 290000.0 500000.0 3.18 *
FAT 0 Seed 290000.0 450000.0 0.97 *
HEXADECENOIC-ACID 0 Fruit 2610.0 4500.0 *
LINOLENIC-ACID 0 Fruit 2320.0 4000.0 -0.38 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Fruit 137750.0 237500.0 1.35 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed 34800.0 60000.0 -0.49 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Fruit 94540.0 163000.0 2.17 *
SFA 0 Fruit 140000.0 241500.0 4.92 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Allergenic 1 (View) *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Anemiagenic 1 (View) *
Antialopecic 2 (View) *
Antiandrogenic 2 (View) *
Antifibrinolytic 1 (View) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antiinflammatory 1 (View) *
Antileukotriene-D4 1 (View) *
Antioxidant 1 (View) *
Cancer-Preventive 1 (View) Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Choleretic 1 (View) *
Dermatitigenic 1 (View) *
FLavor 2 (View) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Hemolytic 1 (View) Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Hypercholesterolemic 1 (View) Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
Hypocholesterolemic 1 (View) Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
Insectifuge 1 (View) Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Irritant 1 (View) Merck 11th Edition
Lubricant 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.