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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Piper betel (Piperaceae)

Common Names
Betel Pepper
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
4-ALLYL-PYROCATECHOL 1 Leaf *
ALLYL-CATECHOL 0 Leaf 50.0 2600.0 *
ARECAIDINE 1 Plant *
ARECOLINE 25 Plant *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Leaf 43.0 2130.0 -0.25 *
ASH 0 Leaf 23000.0 157500.0 0.68 *
ASPARAGINE 2 Leaf *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Leaf 19.0 175.0 -0.38 *
CADINENE 4 Leaf 50.0 3800.0 -1.00 *
CALCIUM 28 Leaf 2300.0 15750.0 -0.18 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Leaf 61000.0 418000.0 -1.54 *
CARVACROL 37 Leaf 45.0 2350.0 3.22 *
CARYOPHYLLENE 31 Leaf 60.0 5000.0 2.12 *
CHAVICOL 3 Leaf 100.0 7000.0 -1.00 *
CINEOLE 0 Leaf 50.0 2600.0 -0.46 *
DIASTASE 0 Leaf 8000.0 18000.0 *
EO 0 Leaf 2000.0 42000.0 2.68 *
ESTRAGOLE 12 Leaf 0.0 6130.0 -0.27 *
EUGENOL 76 Leaf 535.0 17850.0 1.28 *
EUGENOL-METHYL-ETHER 5 Leaf 80.0 6635.0 2.16 *

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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Absorbent 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Acaricide 2 (View) *
Acetylcholinergic 1 (View) *
Acidulant 1 (View) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Aggregant 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Allergenic 5 (View) *
Analeptic 1 (View) *
Analgesic 5 (View) *
Androgenic? 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anesthetic 2 (View) *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 2 (View) *
Anthelmintic 3 (View) Merck 11th Edition
Antiacetylcholinesterase 1 (View) *
Antiacne 2 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodynic 1 (View) *
AntiAGE 1 (View) Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiaggregant 3 (View) Laekeman, G.M., Van Hoof, L., Haemers, A., Vanden Berghe, D.A., Herman, A.G., and Vlietinck, A.J. Eugenol a Valuable Compound for In Vitro Experimental Research and Worthwhile for Further In Vivo Investigation. Phytotherapy Research 4(3): 93, 1990.
Antiaging 2 (View) *
Antiakathisic 1 (View) Martindale's 29th