Areca nut–A gift by nature but a sweet poison for oral environment: A comprehensive review

N Aga, A Vanka, R Shreevats, S Gupta… - AYU (An International …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Background: Nature provides us with a diversity of plants and fruits. These organic plants
and the products they produce might have some therapeutic potential that can be applied to …

Evaluation of cytotoxicity of areca nut and its commercial products on normal human gingival fibroblast and oral squamous cell carcinoma cell lines

N Adil, H Ali, AJ Siddiqui, A Ali, A Ahmed… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
Consumption of areca nut products is the most common cause of oral cancers, particularly in
South Asian countries. This study evaluates the cytotoxic and necrotizing effects of areca nut …

Prevalence of areca nut chewing habit among high school children of Parsa district of Nepal

SS Wazir, P Arora, S Kapoor, R Jayam… - Journal of oral biology …, 2017 - Elsevier
Aim Consumption of areca nut products among school going children has become very
common social evil in some areas of Nepal especially adjoining the Indian subcontinent …

Effect of areca nut chewing and maximal mouth opening in schoolgoing children in Ahmedabad

AM Khan, M Sheth, R Purohit - Indian Journal of Medical and …, 2016 - thieme-connect.com
Context: Areca nut is chewed by itself and in various scented preparations. Areca nut
chewing is widely practiced in many parts of Asia, including India. Users often consider it …

[PDF][PDF] Assessment of levels of oral hygiene awareness, knowledge, attitude and practice among the students of a government school in Karachi

KR Raima Bashir - British Journal of Medicine and …, 2016 - pdfs.semanticscholar.org
Aims: The object of this study was to assess the levels of oral hygiene awareness,
knowledge, and practice of the children of a Govt. school belonging to low socioeconomic …

Microbiological safety of areca nut-containing, ready-to-eat chewing substances common among Pakistani paediatric population: A pilot study

A Sulaiman, HS Zuberi, S Irfan… - JPMA. The Journal of the …, 2019 - ecommons.aku.edu
Objective: To evaluate microbiological contamination of areca nut-containing, ready-to-eat
chewing substances easily accessible to vulnerable paediatric population. Methods: A pilot …

[PDF][PDF] Prevalence of areca nut and tobacco use in school going children in Ahmedabad

M Sheth, A Khan, P Rangey - Appl Med Res, 2019 - researchgate.net
Aims: Tobacco and areca-nut use among school children is a serious problem in developing
countries. The aim of the study was to determine the prevalence of tobacco and areca nut …

Pattern of Occurrence and Severity of Oral Submucous Fibrosis Among Habitual Gutkha, Areca Nut and Pan Chewers: Oral Submucous Fibrosis among Habitual Pan …

TA Khan, F Irshad, F Hasan, KA Channar… - Pakistan Journal of …, 2024 - mail.thejas.com.pk
Oral submucous fibrosis (OSF) is a complex, insidious and precancerous disease of the oral
cavity. The high use of addictive substances in our local setting merits to be worked on …

[HTML][HTML] Areca Nut and its Products: A Culprit for Many Cancers

AK Pathan, AH Pathan, GM Phull, MH Pathan - 2021 - journals.lnh.edu.pk
This article is to give a comprehensive review about the areca nut, different products made
from it, and the important cancers associated with the use of different products of areca nut …

Detecting human papillomavirus 6 & 11 in a set of Pakistani population

F Perveen, S Baig, F Ahmad… - British Journal of …, 2016 - public.paper4promo.com
Introduction: Human papillomavirus 6 &11, two clinically important low risk-HPV genotypes
are known for genital warts, laryngeal papillomas and low-risk squamous intraepithelial …