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The medical value of betel nut

Chen Fen

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Areca catechu L, one of the four primary medicinal plants in south China, is valuable in medical usefulness. The effects of arecoline on nervous system, digestive system, oralmucosa, blood vessels and other organs or systems and the underlying mechanisms were reviewed in this article. It may provide useful information for the comprehensive utilization of arecoline in future. Chewing betel nut has become a habit of life in the urban and ruraI areas in Hainan.And the influence of chewing betel nut on human health and the mechanism of betel nut addiction should be further studied.

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Areca catechu L, one of the four primary medicinal plants in south China, is valuable in medical usefulness. The effects of arecoline on nervous system, digestive system, oralmucosa, blood vessels and other organs or systems and the underlying mechanisms were reviewed in this article. It may provide useful information for the comprehensive utilization of arecoline in future. Chewing betel nut has become a habit of life in the urban and ruraI areas in Hainan.And the influence of chewing betel nut on human health and the mechanism of betel nut addiction should be further studied.

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Areca catechu L, one of the four primary medicinal plants in south China, is valuable in medical usefulness. The effects of arecoline on nervous system, digestive system, oralmucosa, blood vessels and other organs or systems and the underlying mechanisms were reviewed in this article. It may provide useful information for the comprehensive utilization of arecoline in future. Chewing betel nut has become a habit of life in the urban and ruraI areas in Hainan.And the influence of chewing betel nut on human health and the mechanism of betel nut addiction should be further studied.

Key concepts: Areca, Arecoline, Betel, Nut, Catechu, Traditional medicine, Medicine, Addiction

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