Plant Areca catechu (Arecaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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
ALKALOIDS	0	Seed	3000.0	6000.0	-0.51	Duke, 1992 *
ARECA-RED	0	Seed	60000.0	160000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARECAIDINE	1	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARECAINE	3	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARECOLIDINE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARECOLINE	25	Seed	not available	1000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Seed	not available	15000.0	-0.99	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Sprout Seedling	not available	10000.0	-1.43	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Seed	500.0	1050.0	-0.57	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Sprout Seedling	not available	60.0	-0.66	Duke, 1992 *
CAPRIC-ACID	3	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Seed	472000.0	791000.0	1.06	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Sprout Seedling	90000.0	662000.0	0.47	Duke, 1992 *
CELLULOSE	1	Hull Husk	not available	476000.0	1.30	Duke, 1992 *
CHOLINE	20	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COPPER	12	Seed	not available	15.0	0.02	Duke, 1992 *
D-CATECHIN	4	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antiarteriosclerotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic	8	Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic	4	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiatherosclerotic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antibackache	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial	5	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiberiberi	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiBPH	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antibronchitic	1	Dorsch, W., Wagner, H. New Antiasthmatic Drugs from Traditional Medicine? Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 94: 262-265, 1991.
Anticancer	3	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Breast)	1	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.
Anticancer (Cervix)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Lung)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticanker	3	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticarcinomic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticardiospasmic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticariogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticarpal-Tunnel	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticataract	5	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticephalagic	2	Duke, 1992 *