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Plant Piper betel (Piperaceae)

Common Names
Betel Pepper
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
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