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

Plant Phytelephas macrocarpa (Arecaceae)

Common Names
IVORY NUT PALM
How this plant is used
Food

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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
ASH 0 Seed 15000.0 -0.99 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Seed 916000.0 1.56 *
FAT 0 Seed 16000.0 -1.31 *
FIBER 15 Seed 93000.0 -0.33 *
GALACTOSE 1 Seed 9950.0 1.00 *
GLUCOSE 7 Seed 5200.0 -0.45 *
MANNAN-A 0 Seed 400000.0 *
MANNAN-B 0 Seed 250000.0 *
MANNOSE 3 Seed 636150.0 1.00 *
PHYTELEPHANTIN 0 Seed *
PROTEIN 0 Seed 53000.0 -1.61 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Hypotensive 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Hypouricemic 1 (View) *
Laxative 1 (View) *
Memory-Enhancer 1 (View) Science News, 138: 189, 1990.
Sweetener 1 (View) Martindale's 28th
Vasodilator 1 (View) *