title: An Overview of Phytoconstituents, Biotechnological Applications, and Nutritive Aspects of Coconut (Cocos nucifera).
abstract: Cocos nucifera is one of the highest nutritional and medicinal value plants with various fractions of proteins which play a major role in several biological applications such as anti-microbial, anti-inflammatory, anti-diabetic, anti-neoplastic, anti-parasitic, insecticidal, and leishmanicidal activities. This review is focused on several biotechnological, biomedical aspects of various solvent extracts collected from different parts of coconut and the phytochemical constituents which are present in it. The results obtained from this source will facilitate most of the researchers to focus their work toward the process of diagnosing diseases in future.
authors.affiliation: Chemistry of Heterocycles & Natural Product Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, School of Advanced Sciences, VIT University, Vellore, 632 014, India. mohanaroopan.s@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Selvaraj Mohana
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Roopan
mesh_terms: D000975:Antioxidants / Q000494:pharmacology; D018441:Biofilms / Q000187:drug effects; D001709:Biotechnology / Q000379:methods*; D003059:Cocos / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics; D014644:Genetic Variation; D064209:Phytochemicals / Q000032:analysis* / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D064209:Phytochemicals
keywords: Anti-diabetic; Anti-inflammatory; Anti-parasitic; Biological applications; Cocos nucifera; Phytoconstituents; Various extracts