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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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
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Uricosuric 1 (View Chemicals list for Uricosuric) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Urinary-Acidulant 1 (View Chemicals list for Urinary-Acidulant) Martindale's 29th
Uterorelaxant 1 (View Chemicals list for Uterorelaxant) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Vasoconstrictor 1 (View Chemicals list for Vasoconstrictor) Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
Vasodilator 6 (View Chemicals list for Vasodilator) Duke, 1992 *
Vermicide 1 (View Chemicals list for Vermicide) Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary 3 (View Chemicals list for Vulnerary) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor 2 (View Chemicals list for Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor) Hatano, T., Yasuhara, T., Yoshihara, R., Agata, I., Noro, T., and Okuda, T. 1989. Effects of Interaction of Tannins with Co-existing Substances.VII. Inhibitory Effects of Tannins Related Polyphenols on Xanthine Oxidase. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(5): 1224-1229