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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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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
TERPENENE 0 Leaf *
THIAMIN 31 Leaf 0.1 4.8 -0.73 *
WATER 0 Leaf 854000.0 0.23 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Absorbent 1 Martindale's 29th
Acaricide 2 *
Acetylcholinergic 1 *
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 *
Allergenic 5 *
Analeptic 1 *
Analgesic 5 *
Androgenic? 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anesthetic 2 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 2 *
Anthelmintic 3 Merck 11th Edition
Antiacetylcholinesterase 1 *
Antiacne 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodynic 1 *
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 *
Antiakathisic 1 Martindale's 29th