Betel nut chewing, also called betel quid chewing or areca nut chewing, is a practice in which areca nuts (also called "betel nuts") are chewed together with slaked lime and betel leaves for their stimulant and narcotic effects, the primary psychoactive compound being arecoline.

Betel nut is chewed alone or in the form of quids, a mixture of tobacco, powdered or sliced betel nut, and other ingredients. Betel nut is used for schizophrenia, a group of eye...

The most common method of using betel nut is to slice it into thin strips and roll it in a betel leaf with slaked lime (powder) or crushed seashells. This leaf package is known as a betel quid, betel nut chew, betel chew, betel pan or betel paan (India). 2,3

2018年9月17日 · Regular chewing of the betel nut has been linked to cancer of the mouth and esophagus, oral submucous fibrosis, and tooth decay. The WHO has classified betel nut as a carcinogen and...

Betel Nut Intervention Trial (BENIT), the first known randomized trial aimed at areca nut chewing cessation, was implemented recently in Guam and Saipan . Previous studies conducted in those 2 islands revealed that prevalence of OPMDs was higher in chewers who use betel quid/areca nut with tobacco and slaked lime (class 2) than in chewers who ...

2022年9月1日 · Findings published recently by Roger L. Papke, Ph.D., a pharmacology professor in the UF College of Medicine, and his colleagues shed new light on the betel nut’s effects on the body. Their data suggest toxic elements of high molecular weight contribute to the oral health dangers of betel quid use.

Betel nut is the fourth most commonly used psychoactive substance in the world after caffeine, alcohol, and nicotine. Betel nut is present in a number of chewing products like mawa, paan, gutkha, khaini, and paan masala.

2011年7月8日 · Chewed betel nut produces a stimulant response that, in low doses, is similar to caffeine or nicotine. In high doses, betel nut produces cocaine-like effects including elevated heart rate, high blood pressure, dilated pupils, anxiety, insomnia and cardiac arrhythmia. Betel nut owes its popularity as a recreational drug to its euphoric side-effects.

2022年9月17日 · Consumption of betel nut, a carcinogen, has increased throughout the Asia–Pacific region. Many users begin chewing betel nut in adolescence and are unaware of its adverse effects.

2015年10月21日 · For hundreds of millions of people around the world, chewing betel nut produces a cheap, quick high but also raises the risk of addiction and oral cancer. Now, new findings by a University of...