Plant Piper betel (Piperaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Betel Pepper

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
4-ALLYL-PYROCATECHOL	1	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALLYL-CATECHOL	0	Leaf	50.0	2600.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARECAIDINE	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARECOLINE	25	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Leaf	43.0	2130.0	-0.25	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Leaf	23000.0	157500.0	0.68	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARAGINE	2	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Leaf	19.0	175.0	-0.38	Duke, 1992 *
CADINENE	4	Leaf	50.0	3800.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Leaf	2300.0	15750.0	-0.18	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Leaf	61000.0	418000.0	-1.54	Duke, 1992 *
CARVACROL	37	Leaf	45.0	2350.0	3.22	Duke, 1992 *
CARYOPHYLLENE	31	Leaf	60.0	5000.0	2.12	Duke, 1992 *
CHAVICOL	3	Leaf	100.0	7000.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
CINEOLE	0	Leaf	50.0	2600.0	-0.46	Duke, 1992 *
DIASTASE	0	Leaf	8000.0	18000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EO	0	Leaf	2000.0	42000.0	2.68	Duke, 1992 *
ESTRAGOLE	12	Leaf	0.0	6130.0	-0.27	Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL	76	Leaf	535.0	17850.0	1.28	Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL-METHYL-ETHER	5	Leaf	80.0	6635.0	2.16	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
Absorbent	1	Martindale's 29th
Acaricide	2	Duke, 1992 *
Acetylcholinergic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Acidulant	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Aggregant	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Allergenic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Analeptic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic?	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anesthetic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anthelmintic	3	Merck 11th Edition
Antiacetylcholinesterase	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiacne	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodynic	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiAGE	1	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	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	Duke, 1992 *
Antiakathisic	1	Martindale's 29th