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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
TANNIN	35	Seed	150000.0	250000.0	2.11	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN	31	Seed	1.7	1.9	-1.12	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Seed	123000.0	313000.0	0.33	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Sprout Seedling	not available	864000.0	0.53	Duke, 1992 *
ZINC	77	Seed	not available	16.0	-0.83	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity Sort descending	Chemical Count	Reference
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