Role of areca nut in betel quid-associated chemical carcinogenesis: current awareness and future perspectives

JH Jeng, MC Chang, LJ Hahn - Oral oncology, 2001‏ - Elsevier
Betel quid (BQ)-chewing is a popular oral habit with potential links to the occurrence of oral
cancer. Many of the literature-based studies reveal that areca nut (AN) extract may …

Biochemical markers in oral submucous fibrosis: A review and update

VV Kamath, K Satelur, Y Komali - Dental research journal, 2013‏ - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Oral submucous fibrosis (OSMF) is a potentially malignant oral condition effectively linked to
the causative habit of chewing areca nut. Since its first description in the 1950s, numerous …

Automated classification of cells in sub-epithelial connective tissue of oral sub-mucous fibrosis—An SVM based approach

MMR Krishnan, M Pal, SK Bomminayuni… - Computers in biology …, 2009‏ - Elsevier
Quantitative evaluation of histopathological features is not only vital for precise
characterization of any precancerous condition but also crucial in develo** automated …

Estimation of serum zinc, copper, and iron in the patients of oral submucous fibrosis

A Yadav, L Kumar, N Misra, U Deepak… - National Journal of …, 2015‏ - journals.lww.com
Materials and Methods: A study was conducted on fifty subjects with clinically diagnosed
oral submucous fibrosis (OSMF) and fifty controls with no apparent lesions of the oral …

A novel wavelet neural network based pathological stage detection technique for an oral precancerous condition

RR Paul, A Mukherjee, PK Dutta, S Banerjee… - Journal of clinical …, 2005‏ - jcp.bmj.com
Aim: To describe a novel neural network based oral precancer (oral submucous fibrosis;
OSF) stage detection method. Method: The wavelet coefficients of transmission electron …

Dietary exposures and oral precancerous lesions in Srikakulam District, Andhra Pradesh, India

JR Hebert, PC Gupta, RB Bhonsle, H Mehta… - Public health …, 2002‏ - cambridge.org
Objective: To test the effect of dietary nutrients on oral precancerous lesions in a reverse-
smoking (ie smoking with the glowing end inside the mouth) population in South India …

Ingredients contribute to variation in production of reactive oxygen species by areca quid

PH Chen, CC Tsai, YC Lin, YC Ko… - Journal of Toxicology …, 2006‏ - Taylor & Francis
Areca quid (AQ) chewing has been implicated an independent risk factor for the
development of oral cancer. Taiwanese areca quid (AQ) refers to a combination of areca nut …

Prevention of the areca nut extract-induced unscheduled DNA synthesis of gingival keratinocytes by vitamin C and thiol compounds

MC Chang, YS Ho, JJ Lee, SH Kok, LJ Hahn, JH Jeng - Oral oncology, 2002‏ - Elsevier
There are about 600 million betel quid (BQ) chewers in the world. BQ chewing is the major
risk factor of oral cancer in India, Taiwan, South Africa and numerous other countries. Areca …

Altered elemental profile as indicator of homeostatic imbalance in pathogenesis of oral submucous fibrosis

RR Paul, J Chatterjee, AK Das, ML Cervera… - Biological trace element …, 2002‏ - Springer
Oral submucous fibrosis (OSF) is a potential precancerous condition of the oral cavity and
oropharynx. The etiopathogenesis of this complex precancerous condition is still obscure. In …

Performance analysis of different wavelet feature vectors in quantification of oral precancerous condition

A Mukherjee, RR Paul, K Chaudhuri, J Chatterjee… - Oral oncology, 2006‏ - Elsevier
This paper presents an automatic method for classification of progressive stages of oral
precancerous conditions like oral submucous fibrosis (OSF). The classifier used is a three …