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Plant Areca catechu (Arecaceae)

Common Names
Betel Nut, Pin-Lang
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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Chemical Name Sort descending 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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Antitriglyceride 1 (View Chemicals list for Antitriglyceride) 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 (View Chemicals list for Antitumor) Simon, P.W. Carrots and Other Horticultural Crops as a Source of Provitamin A Carotenes. HortScience, 25(12): 1495, 1990.
Antitumor (Breast) 2 (View Chemicals list for Antitumor (Breast)) 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 (View Chemicals list for Antitumor (Cervix)) Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (CNS) 1 (View Chemicals list for Antitumor (CNS)) Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon) 1 (View Chemicals list for Antitumor (Colon)) Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Gastric) 1 (View Chemicals list for Antitumor (Gastric)) Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung) 3 (View Chemicals list for Antitumor (Lung)) Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Prostate) 1 (View Chemicals list for Antitumor (Prostate)) Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Stomach) 1 (View Chemicals list for Antitumor (Stomach)) Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter 2 (View Chemicals list for Antitumor-Promoter) Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcer 5 (View Chemicals list for Antiulcer) Duke, 1992 *
Antivertigo 1 (View Chemicals list for Antivertigo) Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral 5 (View Chemicals list for Antiviral) Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral? 1 (View Chemicals list for Antiviral?) Martindale's 29th
Antixerophthalmic 1 (View Chemicals list for Antixerophthalmic) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anxiolytic 4 (View Chemicals list for Anxiolytic) Duke, 1992 *
Apoptotic 3 (View Chemicals list for Apoptotic) Duke, 1992 *
Artemicide 1 (View Chemicals list for Artemicide) 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 (View Chemicals list for Ascaricide) Duke, 1992 *