Plant Areca catechu (Arecaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Betel Nut; Pin-Lang

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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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
DIOSGENIN	7	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Seed	44000.0	180000.0	-0.45	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Shoot	3000.0	23000.0	-0.44	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Seed	159000.0	181000.0	0.36	Duke, 1992 *
GALACTAN	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GALLIC-ACID	62	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GUVACINE	1	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GUVACOLINE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HENEICOSANIC-ACID	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HOMOARECOLINE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Seed	15.0	70.0	-0.38	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Shoot	20.0	147.0	-0.47	Duke, 1992 *
ISOGUVACINE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KRYPTOGENIN	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LAURIC-ACID	7	Seed	22000.0	90000.0	0.29	Duke, 1992 *
LEUCOCYANIDINE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LEUCOPELARGONIDINE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Seed	not available	500.0	-0.97	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Seed	not available	67.0	0.17	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	4	Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Acidulant	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Aggregant	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	1	Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Allergenic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic?	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anemiagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Angiogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker	3	Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic	1	Martindale's 28th
Anthelmintic	2	Merck 11th Edition
Antiacne	3	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodermatitic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiacrodynic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiadenomic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Antiadenovirus	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194.