Eight manuscripts have specifically examined the effects of areca (betel) nut use in pregnant women, seven of which have documented adverse effects on birth weight, newborn neurological status, gender ratio and pregnancy outcomes such as anaemia and miscarriage following areca nut use during pregnancy. A retrospective cohort analysis of migrant and refugee pregnant women attending antenatal cli...

The betel nut (Areca catecu) is regarded by the World Health Organization as the fourth most prevalent human carcinogen. Our study aims to investigate whether habitual chewers show bias in their attention toward betel nut usage. In the current study, heavy and light betel nut chewers were instructed to respond to a probe presented immediately after either one of a pair of areca-related picture ...

OBJECTIVES First, to evaluate awareness of oral cancer amongst the young South-Asian community in London and identify any aspects of knowledge about oral cancer that are lacking; and, second, to determine whether demographic factors or health-related behaviours are associated with knowledge of oral cancer. RESEARCH DESIGN Cross-sectional questionnaire survey. PARTICIPANTS South Asians aged ...

With intensifying demands for food and biofuels, a critical threat to biodiversity is agricultural expansion into native tropical ecosystems. Tropical agriculture, particularly intensive agriculture, often supports few native organisms, and consequently has been largely overlooked in conservation planning; yet, recent work in the Neotropics demonstrates that tropical agriculture with certain fe...

Hemonchosis disebabkan oleh cacing nematoda Haemonchus contortus dan dapat menyebabkan kerugian ekonomi yang tinggi. Penanganan pengendalian kecacingan paling umum dilakukan adalah dengan pemberian antelmintika kimia berspektrum luas, tetapi jika digunakan secara terus menerus dalam waktu lama mengakibatkan resistensi residu terhadap produk ternak menjadi ancaman serius bagi produksi ternak. Pe...

Dermatomycoses are the human’s oldest recognized and reported infections, which fastest growing infections of skin, hair, nails. These a global concern due to their ever-increasing prevalence about 25-27 %, high rate relapse/recurrence, resistance. The study was conducted in search safer more effective natural medicine. effect standard drug, Terbinafine cream as control is compared with test Un...

Pendahuluan: Pinang muda (Areca Catechu) dan asam kandis (Garcinia Xanthochymus) merupakan salah satu tanaman yang banyak digunakan dalam pengobatan tradisional. Kandungan fenol, flavonoid, tanin, saponin, triterpenoid, alkaloid, xanton, steroid/triterpenoid glikosida sangat baik untuk menghambat pertumbuhan bakteri, anti oksidan, imflamasi sehingga bagus mempercepatan penyembuhan luka perineum...

Haemonchosis is a gastrointestinal parasitic disease in sheep caused by Haemonchus contortus. The biggest economic losses due to this are mortality, decreased production, stunted growth, and low body weight. existence of resistance synthetic anthelmintics causes the development research on alternative treatments herbal be strategic step. This study aims analyze effect Areca catechu contortus vi...