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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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Neuroprotective 1 (View Chemicals list for Neuroprotective) Duke, 1992 *
Neurotransmitter 1 (View Chemicals list for Neurotransmitter) Duke, 1992 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor 1 (View Chemicals list for NF-kB-Inhibitor) Duke, 1992 *
NO-Inhibitor 1 (View Chemicals list for NO-Inhibitor) Duke, 1992 *
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 1 (View Chemicals list for Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor) Duke, 1992 *
Osteogenic 1 (View Chemicals list for Osteogenic) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Parasympathomimetic 2 (View Chemicals list for Parasympathomimetic) Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Percutaneostimulant 1 (View Chemicals list for Percutaneostimulant) Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990.
Perfumery 2 (View Chemicals list for Perfumery) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Peristaltic 2 (View Chemicals list for Peristaltic) Duke, 1992 *
Pesticide 8 (View Chemicals list for Pesticide) Duke, 1992 *
Phagocytotic 1 (View Chemicals list for Phagocytotic) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Preservative 1 (View Chemicals list for Preservative) Merck 11th Edition
Prooxidant 2 (View Chemicals list for Prooxidant) Duke, 1992 *
Propecic 3 (View Chemicals list for Propecic) Duke, 1992 *
Psychotropic 1 (View Chemicals list for Psychotropic) Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
Purgative 1 (View Chemicals list for Purgative) Martindale's 28th
Ruminatoric 1 (View Chemicals list for Ruminatoric) Merck 11th Edition
Schizophrenigenic 1 (View Chemicals list for Schizophrenigenic) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Sedative 2 (View Chemicals list for Sedative) Duke, 1992 *