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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 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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List of plant activities.
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Gram(+)icide 1 (View Chemicals list for Gram(+)icide) Duke, 1992 *
Gram(-)icide 1 (View Chemicals list for Gram(-)icide) Duke, 1992 *
Hemostat 2 (View Chemicals list for Hemostat) Martindale's 29th
Hepatoprotective 7 (View Chemicals list for Hepatoprotective) Duke, 1992 *
Hepatotoxic 1 (View Chemicals list for Hepatotoxic) Duke, 1992 *
Hormonal 1 (View Chemicals list for Hormonal) Merck 11th Edition
Hypercholesterolemic 3 (View Chemicals list for Hypercholesterolemic) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Hypertensive 1 (View Chemicals list for Hypertensive) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypocholesterolemic 12 (View Chemicals list for Hypocholesterolemic) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypoglycemic 4 (View Chemicals list for Hypoglycemic) Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989.
Hypolipidemic 2 (View Chemicals list for Hypolipidemic) Duke, 1992 *
Hypotensive 7 (View Chemicals list for Hypotensive) Duke, 1992 *
Hypouricemic 1 (View Chemicals list for Hypouricemic) Duke, 1992 *
Ileorelaxant 1 (View Chemicals list for Ileorelaxant) Duke, 1992 *
Immunomodulator 6 (View Chemicals list for Immunomodulator) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Immunostimulant 5 (View Chemicals list for Immunostimulant) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Immunosuppressant 3 (View Chemicals list for Immunosuppressant) Duke, 1992 *
Insectifuge 3 (View Chemicals list for Insectifuge) Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Insulin-Sparing 1 (View Chemicals list for Insulin-Sparing) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Insulinogenic 2 (View Chemicals list for Insulinogenic) 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