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Plant Areca catechu (Arecaceae)

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Common name(s)
Betel Nut, Pin-Lang
How used
Medicinal

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# Activity Chemical Name Part Low PPM High PPM StdDev *Reference
0 ALKALOIDS Seed 3000.0 6000.0 -0.51 *
0 ARECA-RED Seed 60000.0 160000.0 -- *
1 ARECAIDINE Seed -- -- -- *
3 ARECAINE Seed -- -- -- *
0 ARECOLIDINE Seed -- -- -- *
25 ARECOLINE Seed -- 1000.0 -- *
112 ASCORBIC-ACID Seed -- -- -- *
0 ASH Seed -- 15000.0 -0.99 *
0 ASH Sprout Seedling -- 10000.0 -1.43 *
53 BETA-CAROTENE Plant -- -- -- *
47 BETA-SITOSTEROL Seed -- -- -- *
28 CALCIUM Sprout Seedling -- 60.0 -0.66 *
28 CALCIUM Seed 500.0 1050.0 -0.57 *
3 CAPRIC-ACID Seed -- -- -- *
0 CARBOHYDRATES Seed 472000.0 791000.0 1.06 *
0 CARBOHYDRATES Sprout Seedling 90000.0 662000.0 0.47 *
1 CELLULOSE Hull Husk -- 476000.0 1.30 *
20 CHOLINE Seed -- -- -- *
12 COPPER Seed -- 15.0 0.02 *
4 D-CATECHIN Seed -- -- -- *
*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.