Areca nut and its role in oral submucous fibrosis

Areca nut and its role in oral submucous fibrosis

Areca nut, commonly called as betel nut or supari, is a fruit of areca catechu palm tree, which is native of South Asia and Pacific Islands. The seed or endosperm is consumed fresh, boiled or after sun drying or curing. Chewing areca nut is thought to have central nervous system stimulating effect a...

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Main Authors: Prabhu, Rachana V., Prabhu, Vishnudas, Chatra, Laxmikanth, Shenai, Prashant, Suvarna, Nithin, Dandekeri, Savita
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Medicina Oral S.L. 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4312688/
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spelling pubmed-43126882015-02-11 Areca nut and its role in oral submucous fibrosis Prabhu, Rachana V. Prabhu, Vishnudas Chatra, Laxmikanth Shenai, Prashant Suvarna, Nithin Dandekeri, Savita Review Areca nut, commonly called as betel nut or supari, is a fruit of areca catechu palm tree, which is native of South Asia and Pacific Islands. The seed or endosperm is consumed fresh, boiled or after sun drying or curing. Chewing areca nut is thought to have central nervous system stimulating effect and along with this it is known to have salivary stimulating and digestive properties. According to the traditional Ayurvedic medicine, chewing areca nut and betel leaf is a good remedy against halitosis. It is also used for its deworming property. Along with these beneficial effects of areca nut one of its most harmful effects on the human body in general and oral cavity in particular is the development of potentially malignant disorder called Oral Submucous Fibrosis. The present paper discusses in detail the effects of the components of areca nut on pathogenesis of Oral Submucous Fibrosis. Medicina Oral S.L. 2014-12-01 /pmc/articles/PMC4312688/ /pubmed/25674328 http://dx.doi.org/10.4317/jced.51318 Text en Copyright: © 2014 Medicina Oral S.L. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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author Prabhu, Rachana V.
Prabhu, Vishnudas
Chatra, Laxmikanth
Shenai, Prashant
Suvarna, Nithin
Dandekeri, Savita
spellingShingle Prabhu, Rachana V.
Prabhu, Vishnudas
Chatra, Laxmikanth
Shenai, Prashant
Suvarna, Nithin
Dandekeri, Savita
Areca nut and its role in oral submucous fibrosis
author_facet Prabhu, Rachana V.
Prabhu, Vishnudas
Chatra, Laxmikanth
Shenai, Prashant
Suvarna, Nithin
Dandekeri, Savita
author_sort Prabhu, Rachana V.
title Areca nut and its role in oral submucous fibrosis
title_short Areca nut and its role in oral submucous fibrosis
title_full Areca nut and its role in oral submucous fibrosis
title_fullStr Areca nut and its role in oral submucous fibrosis
title_full_unstemmed Areca nut and its role in oral submucous fibrosis
title_sort areca nut and its role in oral submucous fibrosis
description Areca nut, commonly called as betel nut or supari, is a fruit of areca catechu palm tree, which is native of South Asia and Pacific Islands. The seed or endosperm is consumed fresh, boiled or after sun drying or curing. Chewing areca nut is thought to have central nervous system stimulating effect and along with this it is known to have salivary stimulating and digestive properties. According to the traditional Ayurvedic medicine, chewing areca nut and betel leaf is a good remedy against halitosis. It is also used for its deworming property. Along with these beneficial effects of areca nut one of its most harmful effects on the human body in general and oral cavity in particular is the development of potentially malignant disorder called Oral Submucous Fibrosis. The present paper discusses in detail the effects of the components of areca nut on pathogenesis of Oral Submucous Fibrosis.
publisher Medicina Oral S.L.
publishDate 2014
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4312688/
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