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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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 Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
DIOSGENIN 7 Seed *
FAT 0 Seed 44000.0 180000.0 -0.45 *
FAT 0 Shoot 3000.0 23000.0 -0.44 *
FIBER 15 Seed 159000.0 181000.0 0.36 *
GALACTAN 0 Seed *
GALLIC-ACID 62 Seed *
GUVACINE 1 Seed *
GUVACOLINE 0 Seed *
HENEICOSANIC-ACID 0 Seed *
HOMOARECOLINE 0 Seed *
IRON 6 Seed 15.0 70.0 -0.38 *
IRON 6 Shoot 20.0 147.0 -0.47 *
ISOGUVACINE 0 Seed *
KRYPTOGENIN 0 Seed *
LAURIC-ACID 7 Seed 22000.0 90000.0 0.29 *
LEUCOCYANIDINE 0 Seed *
LEUCOPELARGONIDINE 0 Seed *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed *
MAGNESIUM 65 Seed 500.0 -0.97 *
MANGANESE 14 Seed 67.0 0.17 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antihangover 4 (View) *
Antiheartburn 1 (View) *
Antihemorrhagic 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihepatitic 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihepatotoxic 3 (View) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiherpetic 3 (View) *
Antiherpetic? 1 (View) *
Antihiccup 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antihistaminic 3 (View) *
AntiHIV 3 (View) *
Antihomocysteine 1 (View) *
Antihyperactivity 1 (View) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antihyperkeratotic 1 (View) *
Antihyperkinetic 2 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihyperlipoproteinaemic 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihypertensive 6 (View) *
Antihypoglycemic 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiichythyotic 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiimpotence 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antiinfective 1 (View) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.