Experiment 80758
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Areca catechu (ARECACEAE) |
| Citation | STICH,HF: STICH,W: PARIDA,BB:. (1982). ELEVATED FREQUENCY OF MICRONUCLEATED CELLS IN THE BUCCAL MUCOSA OF INDIVIDUALS AT HIGH RISK FOR ORAL CANCER: BETEL QUID CHEWERS.. 17(2) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | THE EFFECT OF KHAT CHEWING ON FORMATION OF MICRONUCLEATED CELLS WAS STUDIED BY SAMPLING THE BUCCAL MUCCOSA OF TWO POPULATIONS OF KHAT CHEWERS IN INDIA. THE KHASIS OF THE NORTHEASTERN HILL REGION OF INDIA MADE UP ONE GROUP (GROUP 1). THEY CHEW AND SWALLOW RAW ARECA CATECHU NUT, WITH PIPER BETLE LEAF AND LIME. THE OTHER POPULATION, HINDI LIVING IN ORISSA STATE (GROUP 2) CHEW KHAT CONSISTING OF ARECA CATECHU NUT FLAKES,LIME COVERED PIPER BETLE LEAF,& PERFUMED OR NON-PERFUMED TOBACCO THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER LEVEL OF MICRONUCLEATED CELLS IN KHAT CHEWERS VS.CONTROLS. THERE WAS ALSO A SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER LEVEL OF MICRONUCLEATED CELLS IN SUBJECTS FROM GROUP 2 VS.GROUP 1. THESE RESULTS SEEM TO INDICATE A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ORAL CARCINOMA AND KHAT CHEWING. |
| Dose amount | VAR |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | FRUIT |