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Plant 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 not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN 31 Leaf 0.1 4.8 -0.73 Duke, 1992 *
WATER 0 Leaf not available 854000.0 0.23 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antihepatotoxic 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiherpetic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antihiccup 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihistaminic 2 Duke, 1992 *
AntiHIV 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperactivity 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antihyperkeratotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperkinetic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihypertensive 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antiichythyotic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiinfertility 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinflammatory 4 Shimizu,*M., et al. 1990. Anti-inflammatory Constituents of Topically Applied Crude Drugs. IV.1) Constituents and Anti-inflammatory Effect of Paraguayan Crude Drug 'Alhucema' (Lavandula latifolia Vill.)2). Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(8): 2283-2284, 1990.
Antiinsomniac 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiinsomnic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antikeratitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antikeratotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiketotic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antileishmanic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antilepric 1 Martindale's 28th
Antilethargic 1 Duke, 1992 *