Coconut Meat: Nutrition, Benefits, and Downsides
Introduction: Cocos nucifera is a plant belonging to the Arecaceae household (palm household). Additionally it is often known as coconut, coco, coco-da-bahia or coconut-of-the-beach. The plant is native to Southeast Asia (Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines) and islands between the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Phytochemical investigation of extracts derived from coconut fibre revealed the presence …