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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Areca catechu (Arecaceae)

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 *
MARGARINIC-ACID 0 Seed *
MERCURY 1 Seed 0.0 -0.57 *
MUCILAGE 3 Seed *
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Seed 9240.0 30240.0 0.10 *
NIACIN 39 Seed 6.0 6.8 -1.08 *
NONADECANIC-ACID 0 Seed *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed 12760.0 41760.0 -0.64 *
PALMITOLEIC-ACID 2 Seed *
PHLOBAPHENE-TANNIN 0 Seed *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Seed 630.0 1892.0 -0.91 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Shoot 890.0 -1.13 *
POTASSIUM 14 Seed 4460.0 6700.0 -0.52 *
PROTEIN 0 Seed 49000.0 71325.0 -1.45 *
PROTEIN 0 Sprout Seedling 33000.0 243000.0 -0.36 *
RESIN 0 Seed *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Seed 6.9 7.9 1.68 *
SODIUM 1 Seed 151.0 867.0 0.66 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Seed *
SUCROSE 14 Seed *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Cytotoxic 1 (View) *
Demulcent 2 (View) *
Deodorant 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Dermatitigenic 1 (View) *
Detoxicant 1 (View) *
Detoxicant (Alcohol) 1 (View) *
Diuretic 6 (View) *
Ergogenic 1 (View) *
Estrogenic 2 (View) *
Febrifuge 1 (View) Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Fibrinolytic 1 (View) *
Fistula-Preventive 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Flatugenic 1 (View) Singh, J., Gupta, K., and Arora, S.K. 1993. Changes in the anti-nutritional factors of developing seeds and pod walls of fenugreek (Trigonella foenum graecum L.). Plant Foods for Human Nutrition. 46: 77-84, 1994.
FLavor 2 (View) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Floral-Inhibitor 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Fungicide 2 (View) *
Gastroprotective 1 (View) *
Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Gonadotrophic 1 (View) Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.