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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
TANNIN 35 Seed 150000.0 250000.0 2.11 Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN 31 Seed 1.7 1.9 -1.12 Duke, 1992 *
WATER 0 Seed 123000.0 313000.0 0.33 Duke, 1992 *
WATER 0 Sprout Seedling not available 864000.0 0.53 Duke, 1992 *
ZINC 77 Seed not available 16.0 -0.83 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 *