PRODUCT Properties
| Melting point: | <25℃ |
| Boiling point: | 209℃ |
| Density | 1.0504 g/cm3 (20 ºC) |
| refractive index | 1.4860 (589.3 nm 20℃) |
| storage temp. | Sealed in dry,Room Temperature |
| solubility | Chloroform (Sparingly), Methanol (Slightly) |
| form | Oil |
| pka | 6.84(at 25℃) |
| color | Oily liquid |
| LogP | 0.350 |
Description and Uses
Areca catechu L. (Bin Lang), a palm plant native to Malaysia, is mainly distributed in tropical regions of Asia and the Americas. Arecoline is extracted from dry mature seeds of areca. The mature seeds of areca are 3–5 cm in diameter, with fibrous peel and a seed, namely, areca nut. The endosperm of areca nut is hard, with grayish-brown spots. Areca nut is harvested from August to November every year before the fruit is fully mature. The seeds are peeled, boiled, and cut into thin slices. The dried slices are brown or black, and it is an important medicine in traditional Chinese medicine. Areca nut is the raw materials of catechu. Areca nut was used as anthelmintics with arecoline as the main alkaloid in it.
A cholinergic alkaloid from seeds of the betel nut palm Areca catechu. Anthelmintic (Cestodes); cathartic
Safety
| Toxicity | LD50 in mice, dogs (mg/kg): 100, 5 s.c. (Burrows) |
