Abstrak. Pinang ( Areca catechu L) merupakan salah satu komoditas pertanian yang tergolong jenis palma. Di Indonesia, pinang memiliki banyak manfaat, namun masih belum dilirik oleh masyarakat untuk dikembangkan. Salah penyebab tidak mengembangkan tanaman adalah karena adanya mekanisasi dapat membantu proses pasca panen buah pinang. Petani di Indonesia pada umumnya dan Aceh khususnya sering meng...

TOPIC: Lung Pathology TYPE: Medical Student/Resident Case Reports INTRODUCTION: Acute eosinophilic pneumonia (AEP) is a lung pathology that may result in rapid respiratory failure. The areca (betel) nut commonly used parts of Asia. It has been associated with diseases but not AEP.(1) Described the case man diagnosed AEP occurring temporal relationship to exposure. CASE PRESENTATION: A 24-year-o...

Oral submucous fibrosis (OSF) is an oral potentially malignant disorder and areca quid chewing is the main etiological factor. However, the molecular mechanism underlying OSF remains unclear, partly due to the lack of an appropriate animal model. The present study aimed to establish and characterize an animal model of areca nut extract (ANE)-induced skin fibrosis that mimics OSF. Mice were divi...

BACKGROUND Oral submucous fibrosis (OSMF) is a crippling slowly progressive disease of oral cavity that predominantly affects people habit of consuming areca nut and its commercial preparations which generates high levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS) during their metabolism. OBJECTIVE The objective of this present study is to evaluate the role of oxidative stress in causation and progress...

A retrospective study (1983-1989) of oral squamous carcinomas and concomitant oral habits was undertaken in South African Indians from Natal. Information came from hospital records and interviews with patients, families and friends. There were 143 oral squamous carcinomas; these occurred in a ratio of 1:1,6 for men and women respectively. Squamous carcinomas of the cheek (buccal mucosa, alveola...

Purpose: To investigate in silico the drug-like properties of alkaloids (arecoline, arecaidine, guvacine, guvacoline, isoguvacine, arecolidine and homoarecoline) obtained from the fruits of Areca catechu L (areca nut). Methods: All chemical structures were re-drawn using Chemdraw Ultra 11.0. Furthermore, software including Bio-Loom for Windows version 1.5, Molinspiration Property Calculator and...

BACKGROUND Tobacco use in various forms, including with Areca nut, causes several potentially malignant disorders. Many lesions may transform into oral squamous cell carcinoma. Although patients may be aware of the hazards of tobacco habits, the lesions by themselves are insidious in nature resulting in failure of patients to present to general dentists/specialists at early stages. Our aim was ...