Abstract In south‐east Asia, Taiwan and Papua New Guinea, smoking, alcohol consumption
and chewing of betel quid with or without tobacco or areca nut with or without tobacco are …

In this review recent publications are cited for a number of antimutagens. The molecules
surveyed are potential or proven “desmutagens” or “interceptors.” These are biologically …

The need for new compounds active against malaria parasites is made more urgent by the
rapid spread of drug-resistance to available antimalarial drugs. The crude methanol extract …

Abstract Since antiquity, Piper betel Linn (betel vine; family Piperaceae) has been an
important medicinal agent in the various traditional and folk systems of medicine in …

Betel leaf grows on a perennial vine (Piper betle L.). It is consumed in fresh and raw state for
digestive, refreshing, stimulating, aphrodisiac, etc. effects by about two billion people. These …

Hydroxychavicol (HC; 10–50 μm), a betel leaf component, was found to suppress the 2%
H2O2‐induced lucigenin chemiluminescence for 53–75%. HC (0.02–2 μm) was also able to …

Oxidative stress and chronic inflammation are closely linked to various diseases. However,
previous studies have demonstrated that plant extracts could prevent and alleviate these …

Abstract Since antiquity, Piper betel. Linn, commonly known as betel vine, has been used as
a religious, recreational and medicinal plant in Southeast Asia. The leaves, which are the …

Background and purpose: Platelet hyperactivity is important in the pathogenesis of
cardiovascular diseases. Betel leaf (PBL) is consumed by 200‐600 million betel quid …

The objective of this study was to use the micronuclei from exfoliated buccal mucosal cells to
investigate the clastogenic effects of areca quid chewing and cigarette smoking, as well as …