Ethnopharmacological relevance Areca catechu L.(Arecaceae), widely distributed in South
and Southeast Asia, is a popular traditional herbal medicine that can be chewed for the …

Areca nut is widely consumed by all ages groups in many parts of the world, especially
south-east Asia. The objective of this review is to systematically review and collate all the …

Deficiency of certain elements can cause leaf chlorosis in Areca catechu L. trees, which
causes considerable production loss. The linkage between nutrient deficiency and chlorosis …

The use of plants, plant extracts or plant-derived pure chemicals to treat disease is a
therapeutic modality, which has stood the test of time. Indeed today many pharmacological …

Out of about 258,650 species of higher plants reported from the world; more than 10% are
used to cure ailing communities. Beside many known drugs (eg tubocurarine, reserpine …

Covering: up to 2010 This review focuses on recent developments in the use of natural
products as therapeutics for Alzheimer's disease. The compounds span a diverse array of …

Since the beginning of civilization, and perhaps as early as Neanderthal man, people have
used plants as medicine. Evidence indicates that people used plants to cure themselves, eg …

A novel neutral polysaccharide designated as PAP1b was isolated from Areca catechu L. by
hot water extraction, ethanol precipitation, and column chromatography. PAP1b was mainly …

Betel quid (BQ) is a chewing mixed package that mainly contains areca nut (AN), betel leaf
(Leaf) or betel stem inflorescence (SI), and slaked lime, and is consumed with or without …

Background Areca nut, the fruit of A. catechu, is an important Chinese herbal medicine and
is the first of China's “four southern medicines”. The main chemical components are …