Role of plant alkaloids on human health: A review of biological activities

B Debnath, WS Singh, M Das, S Goswami… - Materials today …, 2018 - Elsevier
Alkaloids are plant secondary metabolite. They are well known nitrogen-containing natural
bioactive compounds. Cutting edge research is going on alkaloids to unravel novel …

Oral submucous fibrosis: a contemporary narrative review with a proposed inter-professional approach for an early diagnosis and clinical management

NR Rao, A Villa, CB More… - … -Head & Neck …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Oral Submucous fibrosis (OSMF) has traditionally been described as “a chronic, insidious,
scarring disease of the oral cavity, often with involvement of the pharynx and the upper …

Defining a global research and policy agenda for betel quid and areca nut

H Mehrtash, K Duncan, M Parascandola… - The Lancet …, 2017 - thelancet.com
Betel quid and areca nut are known risk factors for many oral and oesophageal cancers, and
their use is highly prevalent in the Asia-Pacific region. Additionally, betel quid and areca nut …

Point-of-care, smartphone-based, dual-modality, dual-view, oral cancer screening device with neural network classification for low-resource communities

RD Uthoff, B Song, S Sunny, S Patrick, A Suresh… - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Oral cancer is a growing health issue in a number of low-and middle-income countries
(LMIC), particularly in South and Southeast Asia. The described dual-modality, dual-view …

The pharmacology, toxicology and potential applications of arecoline: a review

YJ Liu, W Peng, MB Hu, M Xu, CJ Wu - Pharmaceutical Biology, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Context: Arecoline is an effective constituent of Areca catechu L.(Arecaceae) with various
pharmacological effects. However, investigations also revealed that long use of arecoline …

Nicotinic activity of arecoline, the psychoactive element of" Betel Nuts", suggests a basis for habitual use and anti-inflammatory activity

RL Papke, NA Horenstein, C Stokes - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Habitual chewing of" betel nut" preparations constitutes the fourth most common human self-
administration of a psychoactive substance after alcohol, caffeine, and nicotine. The primary …

[HTML][HTML] Uncanny but not confusing: Multisite study of perceptual category confusion in the Uncanny Valley

MB Mathur, DB Reichling, F Lunardini… - Computers in Human …, 2020 - Elsevier
Android robots that resemble humans closely, but not perfectly, can provoke negative
feelings of dislike and eeriness in humans (the “Uncanny Valley” effect). We investigated …

Areca catechu—From farm to food and biomedical applications

B Salehi, DA Konovalov, P Fru… - Phytotherapy …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The family Arecaceae includes 181 genera and 2,600 species with a high diversity in
physical characteristics. Areca plants, commonly palms, which are able to grow in nearly …

Genetic toxicology and toxicokinetics of arecoline and related areca nut compounds: an updated review

NG Oliveira, DL Ramos, RJ Dinis-Oliveira - Archives of toxicology, 2021 - Springer
Areca nut (AN) is consumed by more than 600 million of individuals, particularly in some
regions of South Asia, East Africa, and tropical Pacific, being classified as carcinogenic to …

Carcinogenic effects of areca nut and its metabolites: a review of the experimental evidence

K Senevirathna, R Pradeep, YA Jayasinghe… - Clinics and …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Oral cancers (OC) are among the most frequent malignancies encountered in Southeast
Asia, primarily due to the prevalent habit of betel quid (BQ) and smokeless tobacco use in …