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
MANNAN	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MARGARINIC-ACID	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MERCURY	1	Seed	not available	0.0	-0.57	Duke, 1992 *
MUCILAGE	3	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTIC-ACID	6	Seed	9240.0	30240.0	0.10	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Seed	6.0	6.8	-1.08	Duke, 1992 *
NONADECANIC-ACID	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Seed	12760.0	41760.0	-0.64	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITOLEIC-ACID	2	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHLOBAPHENE-TANNIN	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Seed	630.0	1892.0	-0.91	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Shoot	not available	890.0	-1.13	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Seed	4460.0	6700.0	-0.52	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Seed	49000.0	71325.0	-1.45	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Sprout Seedling	33000.0	243000.0	-0.36	Duke, 1992 *
RESIN	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Seed	6.9	7.9	1.68	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Seed	151.0	867.0	0.66	Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID	8	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SUCROSE	14	Seed	not available	not available	not available	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
Antitriglyceride	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
Antitumor	4	Simon, P.W. Carrots and Other Horticultural Crops as a Source of Provitamin A Carotenes. HortScience, 25(12): 1495, 1990.
Antitumor (Breast)	2	Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Antitumor (Cervix)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (CNS)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Gastric)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung)	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Prostate)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Stomach)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcer	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antivertigo	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral?	1	Martindale's 29th
Antixerophthalmic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anxiolytic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Apoptotic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Artemicide	1	Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990.
Ascaricide	1	Duke, 1992 *