Green betel (Piper betle L.) leaf contains anti-thrush, anti-cough, astringent, and antiseptic chemicals such as saponins, flavonoids, polyphenols, essential oils. Hand sanitizer can also be used an agent, which is a more practical option. The purpose of this study was to see how the composition green extract made by infusion affected its physical properties bacterial inhibition. samples were u...

Bour-Jr Wang, Yue-Liang Guo, How-Ran Guo and Ho-Yuan Chang Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, National Cheng Kung University Medical College, Tainan, Taiwan, Department of Dermatology, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan, and Department of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, National Taiwan University (NTU) Medical College and NTU Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Halitosis is an oral malodor condition in the cavity that comes from breakdown of protein by anaerobic gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria. Some bacteria are often found cases halitosis Solobacterium moorei, Porphyromonas gingivalis, Tannerella forsythia, Fusobacterium nucleatum, Prevotella intermedia, Treponema denticola, dan Streptococcus mutans. Medicinal plants to treat various disease...

OBJECTIVE To describe the characteristics of betel quid chewers and to investigate the behavioural and mortality relations between betel quid chewing and cigarette smoking. METHOD Prevalence and mortality risks of betel quid chewers by smoking status were calculated, based on the National Health Interview Survey in 2001 and a community based cohort, respectively. Cox's proportional hazards mo...

The micro-organism that affects periodontitis is Fusobacterium nucleatum. To inhibit the growth of these micro-organisms, al-ternative herbal medicines are used, such as red betel leaf extract (Piper crocatum Ruiz & Pav) because it contains tannins, fla-vonoids, and saponins which have antibacterial anti-inflammatoryproperties. This study was conducted to determine an-tibacterial potential ...

Sir,?Finding that a great deal of interest is now displayed in investigating the caus^ and prevention of cancer, and that bacteriologists are hard at work isolating the micro-organism, I venture to write to you the following, hoping that it may be of some service to those who are interested in the investigations. It must have been noticed by any and all of the medical profession, who had t!>e c...

Piper species are used for spices, in traditional and processed forms of medicines, in cosmetic compounds, in cultural activities and insecticides. Here barcode analysis was performed for identification of plant parts, young plants and modified forms of plants. Thirty-six Piper species were collected and the three barcode regions, matK, rbcL and psbA-trnH spacer, were amplified, sequenced and a...

It is routine and normal practice in Indian culture and tradition to chew betel quid (containing various amounts of betel leaf, lime, areca nut, and tobacco) after meals. The socially acceptable habit of betel-quid chewing is believed to aid digestion after food. Betel quid is also a taste enhancer and breath freshener, and is also used as traditional medicine for a variety of ailments 1,2 . Th...